Chapter twentysix: I'm not gonna let you go

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"I am alpha. And we only want one thing from you. My daughter" The bald woman, alpha spoke out with her country accent and everyone immediately knew who she meant.

This was Lydia's mother.

We all stared at each other, alpha locking eyes with (Y,n) for a few seconds before moving on to Daryl and Tara who spoke up next,

"Our community is more than capable of defending itself!" It wasn't a threat but a fact.

"I show you my face because we mean you no harm. I just want my daughter. I know you have her" Alpha rebuttals, not showing any emotion to her dirty face.

"You should turn around" (Y,n) told her, keeping her hand on the pistol she's had for three so far, "Leave now and no one gets hurt" She wasn't about to let this woman take back Lydia and hurt her again. No parent should harm their children.

Not her watch.

"Wrong answer" Alpha stared at (Y,n) as she raised her arm in the air and from behind the cornfield came more of her people, she was willing to do anything as she smiled at (Y,n) causing her to make a fist and push her lips together in anger as she moved around Daryl to stand in the middle of them,

"That girl told me what her mom does to her... We aren't sending her back to that"

"Yeah, but what if she has Alden and Luke? Pissing her off can get them killed" Tara whispered as Magna and (Y,n) shared a look.

"Did you kill our friends? We found their horses" Magna asked Alpha, with the same look on her face as always,

"No. Which one of you leads these people?" She asked. None of them looked at Tara, not wanting to tell her.

"What the hell does it matter?" Daryl replied with a question of his own,

"Then I'll just address all of you. Your people crossed into out land, there will be no conflict. Your people killed our people. There will be no conflict. I'm done talkin', bring me my daughter, or there will be conflict"

"No one touches the girl" (Y,n) told them in a low voice walking off as they called after her. Trying to get her from leaving the post.

"Does she have Alden with her?" Enid asked, running up to her along with Henry,

"I don't know"

"What does she want?" Henry asked but she didn't answer and continued to the gates. "No, (Y,n). We-- we can't do that!"

"She isn't getting her!" She told him forcefully, reaching the cellar doors.

"Then what are doing?"

"Alpha is done talking. I'm not. Open up" She told the guards at the gate.

Carol

"It's movie time," Jerry said excitedly as they stared at what used to be a theater named Royal. It's been such a long time since she's seen a movie the memories going to see The Odd Life Of Timothy Green with Sofie came flooding back and made her smile this time instead of cry.

She stared at Ezekiel in disbelief as Jerry kept repeating 'Movie time' until she cut him off. Carol was shocked that her lover was risking their time ahead of the herd for something like this, whatever this was.

"A projector bulb? Really?" Carol questioned as he took her aside to talk,

"I know, it's not something we absolutely need and it's a little dangerous" She wasn't sure if he was referring to the herd or the many Walker's inside the theater. "But, we got it all planned out".

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