₊˚ˑ༄ؘ͏͏͏͏͏͏ ͏͏͏͏͏͏ 𝐢'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐢'𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐲 ₊˚ˑ༄ؘ͏͏͏͏͏͏ ͏͏͏͏͏͏ [book 1 of 3] started: 10.08.2022 finished: 20.03.2023 rewriting: 08.03.2025 daryl dixon x fem!oc rosita espinosa x male!oc highest rankings #1 michonnehawthorne ,, #1 thearcher ,, #1 normanreedus ,, #1 laurencohan ,, #1 stevenyeun #2 andreaharrison ,, #2 thewalkingdead #3 maggierhee ,, #3 carlgrimes ,, #3 ftwd 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐋𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝟐 - 𝟔 ©𝟐𝟖𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐬_ 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐

ᴄᴀʀʟ ɢʀɪᴍᴇꜱ x ꜰᴇᴍ!ᴏᴄ ♱ "𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐬." - 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘢 𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘶 ♱ 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐲𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐦𝐚𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐱𝐨𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐞𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦. ♱ ᴛᴡᴅ ꜱᴇᴀꜱᴏɴꜱ 4-8

𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦? ♚ ♛ started; 11.2.18 completed; 12.7.18 achievements; #1 in thewalkingdead #2 in rickgrimes

⤐ 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝. "I need you to listen to me. When we're out there together, if I say run, run. If I tell you to leave me, then damn it, you leave and you don't look back." "Daryl," she sighed softly, shaking her head. "No, I mean it," he argued, encircling her wrist and jostling her a bit, begging her to listen. "I can't lose you. Not like that, not ever." His words were like lava bubbling in his throat, everything he had fought so hard to conceal was quickly rising to the surface. Fuck it. Any fear of rejection was overpowered by his need to make her understand. It wouldn't change how he felt, or the fact that he'd take on a thousand walkers if it kept her safe for even one more millisecond. "I need you around, Ace." "Always." ------------------------------ *I do not own any characters, scenes, or scripts from The Walking Dead. Any resemblance to other people that my original characters have is completely coincidental.*

-ˏˋ ꜰᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ, ɪ'ᴅ ꜱᴛᴇᴀʟ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴀʀꜱ.ˊˎ- Elodie Price had never heard the soft breeze of the wind or the sound of birds singing in the trees. After losing her older brother and her mother, the world had become grey. Ten years old, and already the universe had stripped her of everything. She couldn't see any reason to keep moving, no one to protect her. The Walkers would find her soon enough. With her hearing loss, she wouldn't even hear them coming. She could barely hear the world screaming around her. Her mother had always been harsh - never quite satisfied with anything Elodie did - and her brother distant. The little bits of love that trickled through, the faint scraps of affection, always seemed to slip through her fingers like water. She didn't belong. Not to them, not to anyone. So when she had come to the conclusion that maybe it was her turn to go, she never expected anyone to care. She never expected anyone to save her. Certainly not someone like Daryl Dixon. 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰; ©𝙙𝙞𝙭𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙙: 𝙛𝙚𝙗. 𝟭𝟮 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝙛𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙙: - updates set in season 5 (the earlier chapters truly suck in my opinion, so once you get to like chapter 10 or so it gets better :,P) DISCLAIMER: I do not own The Walking Dead, or its storyline. I only own my orignal characters.

𝐒𝐀𝐋•𝐕𝐀•𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 (𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧.) ᴘʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏʀ ᴅᴇʟɪᴠᴇʀᴀɴᴄᴇ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ʜᴀʀᴍ, ʀᴜɪɴ, ᴏʀ ʟᴏꜱꜱ. ➳ "𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘬𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘵." - 𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑒 ➳ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪꜱ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴛᴏʀʏ ᴏꜰ ᴅᴀʀʏʟ ᴅɪxᴏɴ & ᴊᴜʟɪᴀɴɴᴀ ᴊᴀᴍᴇꜱ. 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦. ➳ ᴅɪꜱᴄʟᴀɪᴍᴇʀꜱ: - ɪ ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛ ᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴀɴʏ ᴀꜱᴘᴇᴄᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴀᴍᴄ'ꜱ "ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀʟᴋɪɴɢ ᴅᴇᴀᴅ". - ᴀʟʟ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴏʀɪɢɪɴᴀʟ ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ & ᴘʟᴏᴛ ᴄʜᴀɴɢᴇꜱ ᴀʀᴇ ᴍɪɴᴇ. ᴀʟʟ ʀɪɢʜᴛꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ ©. - ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴏᴋ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴀɪɴꜱ ᴍᴀᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴛᴏᴘɪᴄꜱ & ꜱᴇxᴜᴀʟ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ.

Emma Johnson is a ghost of who she used to be-a former military operative hardened by war, betrayal, and the weight of too many ghosts trailing behind her. Her body bears the scars of battles fought long before the world ended, but it's the wounds on the inside that never seem to heal. Beneath her deadly precision and sharp tongue lies a heart that still aches to protect, to care-even when the world tells her it's foolish. With guns strapped to her hips and knives hidden in her boots, she walks through the wasteland with a fierce will to survive, refusing to let the past define her. Daryl Dixon has always known pain. Long before the world crumbled, before the walkers turned humanity into monsters, he had already survived a different kind of hell, a past that left him wary of trust, of love. Cold, distant, and quick to anger, he keeps people at arm's length, believing attachments are just another weakness in a world where nothing lasts. But beneath the hardened exterior, is a man who still longs for something more-even if he refuses to admit it. Their paths cross in blood and fire, two warriors who've spent their lives fighting-first for others, then for themselves. At first, they clash-her fire against his ice, her relentless teasing against his stubborn silence. But war doesn't allow time for walls to stay up forever. Through battles, close calls, and nights spent sharing stories they never thought they'd speak aloud, Emma and Daryl begin to see the truth in each other. He sees the kindness she hides beneath her steel. She sees the loneliness he buries beneath his cold exterior. Love in a world like this is dangerous. It's reckless. It's the kind of thing that gets you killed. But when the only certainty in life is death, maybe love is the one fight worth dying for. CROSSBOW AND ASHES is a story of survival, pain, and two lost souls who find home in each other-even when the world is burning.

SURVIVE. ❝ Let the end of the world be inside you, then you don't need to fear the end of the world out there. ❞ THE WALKING DEAD. DARYL DIXON. BOOK ONE of the LANCASTER SAGA. [ SEASONS 1 - 3 ] ****** I do not own The Walking Dead or any of its characters, locations, or storylines. All rights go to the original creators. I only own what I make up, such as my own characters, locations, and storylines. highest ranking in #daryldixon - #1 highest ranking in #rickgrimes - #1 highest ranking in #twdfanfic - #1 highest ranking in #thewalkingdead - #2 highest ranking in #glennrhee - #2 cover by humaneity.

What would you do if everything you had was taken away from you, your family, your happiness, and most importantly your hope for humanity...but when someone close to you who will always be there through thick and thin loves you as much as he does; maybe, just maybe things aren't as hard as they seem...

WARNING: this book is poorly written, if you don't like badly written books, I suggest you read my other ones, thank you :) + "They're everywhere.. There's no where to hide You can just run, or fight But otherwise, there's no Escape from the walkers" + [copywriting my story or my book cover is not allowed©] -chairhandlerr; 2016 ©