𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐋𝐃 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐈𝐓 went Delilah Grimes' childhood and everything that would come after that. "𝓦𝓮𝓮𝓭𝓼 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓼 𝓽𝓸𝓸, 𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓶." -𝓦𝓲𝓷𝓷𝓲𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓟𝓸𝓸𝓱 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: I do not own The Walking Dead or any of the characters in this book, aside from the characters that I make up for this story. 𝐔𝐏𝐃𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐒: weekly 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐃: 2.12.24 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃: 5.9.24 𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐃: 5.9.24 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐏𝐔𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐄𝐃: 6.21.24

"You're my gem and mine alone.." As Ruby journeys across the state in search of her family she's taken captive by Daryl Dixon. Ruby may be small but she will definitely give Daryl a run for his money. With death around every corner how will Ruby beat the odds? What happens when an unexpected love interest comes between the things she most desires? Disclaimer: I do not own any of the TWD characters or storyline. I only own my characters I've created and the storyline I've gone with. This is my own adaptation of the show and does not completely follow the shows storyline. There is heavy language, sexual and violent scenes and some sensitive topics that may not be suitable for all audiences. Read with discretion. TWD: season 5-7 (also flashbacks through season 1-4) Top Rankings: #1 in daryldixonfancfiction #1 in amcthewalkingdead #1 in thewalkingdead #1 in zombiesurvival #1 in twddaryl #1 in reedus #1 in daryl #2 in twdfanfic #2 in normanreedus #2 in amctwd #2 in dixon #3 in twdfamily #4 in zombieapocalypse #6 in grimes #7 in hilltop #9 in twdlovestory #9 in twd All Rights Reserved @Sidneyv15 Cover by @JB_Justin_Bieber