Book One. Complete. Arden was a fighter, or as Daryl liked to call her- a firecracker. But when Arden's brother goes missing that fire starts to die out and she is faced with a decision: stay with the man who saved her life or leave to find the only family she has left.

A young woman is left alone in the wilderness of Georgia, her comrades killed in cold blood. In a last effort to survive the harsh, apocalyptic world, the woman manages to scavenge her way straight to Negan's doorstep. Despite stealing from the man, she is spared any punishment say for becoming a permanent resident of The Sanctuary. Negan seems amused by her fiery attitude and resistance to her new life, and holds a special interest in her, for some unknown reason. She, on the other hand, sees the leather clad man as the monster who killed her allies, and a tyrant to what could possibly be a utopia in the midst of the end of the world. But Negan is a force to be reckoned with, using wickedly charming smiles and a wonderfully dirty sense of humor, he manages to break down her walls as the days go by. Wishing to change Negan's perspective on surviving in this world, she fights to defend her morals, and everything she believes in. Will she change the infamous Big Bad, or will he end up changing her, forever? ○RATED M FOR FUTURE CHAPTERS○ ○SLOW BURN○ ○SMUT○