She didn't dare blink. All of New York City felt like it was swaying dangerously, every building on the verge of collapse. "Resources," she said, repeating the word flatly. What are they getting out of the deal?" Negan held up something. It looked like a slim, black rod with a silver cap on the end. His thumb slid down and must have pressed on something because blue light flashed quick. Electricity slithered up in a fast arch before cutting off. "Bodies. Dead and alive." "Which one is she?" "I don't know."

Rosie Banks is a quiet and tough nine-year-old girl living in the Atlanta camp with her father, David Banks. After a few weeks at the camp, David gets to know the Dixon brothers. Rosie, being her father's own personal shadow, gets to know the Dixons as well. It doesn't take long for the Dixons to catch on to the many flaws in the relationship between Rosie and her father. Eventually, Merle decides to take matters into his own hands. Will Rosie ever come to understand that it was for the better? How will she survive without her father? ⚠️This book has mature themes such as abuse, sa, and suicide. They aren't constant, but they are there.⚠️ • Completed!!! If there are any typos/errors, please don't hesitate to point them out so I can fix them! Comments are appreciated! Enjoy!

'𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒈𝒐 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕, 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆.' . During the search for Sophia in the woods, he finds a different girl with a similar history his own. The world ending hadn't left much of a parenting guide for troubled teenagers plucked from the wild but he managed, somewhat. . "I didn't like how you talked to me," she ground out, refusing to look at him. "That was called parenting, sweetheart. I was telling you boundaries." Started: 02-23-23 Finished: 11-28-24 "...𝕚𝕗 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕞 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕗, 𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕠𝕨𝕟 𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖𝕞𝕡𝕥𝕚𝕠𝕟." ― 𝕋𝕒𝕪𝕝𝕠𝕣 𝕁𝕖𝕟𝕜𝕚𝕟𝕤 ℝ𝕖𝕚𝕕, 𝔻𝕒𝕚𝕤𝕪 𝕁𝕠𝕟𝕖𝕤 & 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕊𝕚𝕩 "𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕀 𝕤𝕒𝕚𝕕 𝕙𝕖𝕝𝕝𝕠 𝕊𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕟, 𝕒𝕙, 𝕀 𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕖𝕧𝕖 𝕚𝕥 𝕚𝕤 𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 𝕥𝕠 𝕘𝕠- 𝕄𝕖 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕧𝕚𝕝 𝕨𝕒𝕝𝕜𝕚𝕟' 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖." ― 𝕊𝕠𝕒𝕡&𝕊𝕜𝕚𝕟

Daryl lost custody of his daughter to her grandparents in Virginia two years before the world ended. Usually things stayed like that, gone forever, and second chances never came rolling around. But then she appears right when he's with Joe's group of men. Alive, not dead-- just one more thing he might lose all over again. • (𝙾𝚑, 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗, 𝚠𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚕: 𝙸'𝚖 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚍𝚒𝚎.) • (rewrite of broken claims)