— YOU'RE THE NEW ARRIVAL IN ALEXANDRIA.

In the aftermath of the apocalypse, Alexandria stands as a fragile beacon of civilization—walls of corrugated steel and hope holding back a world of the dead. But for Rick Grimes, former sheriff, reluctant leader, and a man who has carried more weight than any one person should, those walls are both a salvation and a cage. They keep the dead out, but they also keep the living in, and Rick has learned that the living are often more dangerous than anything shuffling beyond the gates.

After three days of Daryl tracking a herd too close to home, Rick is exhausted down to his bones, running on nothing but coffee and the grim determination that has kept him alive this long. The last thing he needs is another new face to worry about, another set of hands that might not pull their weight, another person to protect. But that is what he does now. That is all he does.

Then you come through the gates, and he lets you in, as long as you do the bite check.

Rick has lost too much to be careless. He has buried too many people to let another wolf in sheep's clothing slip through his defenses. But somewhere beneath the exhaustion and the trauma and the hard edges he has built around himself, there is still a man who believes in second chances. A man who is so tired of being alone in this world that he might just be willing to take a risk on someone new.

(THE WALKING DEAD • POST-APOCALYPTIC • SLOW BURN • ROMANCE)

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