klinta00
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Dove Grimes is nineteen years old, stubborn, independent, and definitely not the type of girl who thinks she needs someone watching over her.
Then the power goes out.
She's standing in the middle of Walmart when every light in the building dies at once. No registers. No phones. No working cell towers. No answers. Within minutes, confusion turns into panic as people realize this isn't just one store losing electricity.
And Dove isn't alone.
Jackson Noble happens to be in the same aisle when everything goes dark.
Cold, dangerous, and more than a little unhinged, Jackson isn't the kind of man people willingly challenge. But the second he realizes Dove could be in danger, something inside him locks onto her.
Protect her.
It doesn't matter that Dove Grimes never asked for a bodyguard. It doesn't matter that she has a father named Rick Grimes and Shane Walsh close enough to raise hell when they discover exactly who has attached himself to her.
Jackson has already made his decision.
Dove is under his protection.
As hours without electricity become days, the world outside starts changing. Stores are emptied. Gas becomes precious. People get desperate. Without power, communication, or the systems everyone depended on, civilization begins breaking apart frighteningly fast.
There are no walkers.
There are no zombies.
The living are dangerous enough.
And while Dove is determined to survive without letting anyone control her, Jackson is equally determined that no one will ever put their hands on her, hurt her, or take her away from him.
The world may be falling apart around them...
but Jackson Noble has found the one person he refuses to lose.