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The Risks

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Reads 323,013
Votes 12,398
Parts 66
Time 15h 10m

Mature

*****THIS STORY IS CURRENTLY UNDERGOING A MASSIVE REWRITE - FINAL WORK IS CURRENTLY BEING POSTED AS A NEW STORY ON MY PAGE - UPDATES SPORADIC *****

"You can't tell me there isn't something here worth risking everything for."

[New Adult Apocalyptic Romance]

Summary: 

Most of the population is dead, some have turned into vicious, crazed creatures who want nothing more than to eat you, and a small percentage are left to try to survive. Nothing is the way it was.

With not much more than a pistol and a vague idea of what she's doing, Claire Harrington ventures out into this new, unforgiving world with only one real goal: to keep her younger sister safe. The odds are against her, until she runs into Parker and finds herself reluctantly accepting his offer to help. 

Trust is a fragile thing. Humanity is a construct. Love is a weakness. But these are the thoughts of a survivor, and she's beginning to wonder if surviving is all she wants. Maybe she wants to live. 


Past and current ranks: 
#3 in dystopian 9.28.21
#1 in love 7.25.22
#1 in angst 7.25.22
#1 in virus 8.8.21
#1 in infected 3.22.22
#1 in zombieoutbreak 2.14.22
#1 in zombieapocalypse 6.12.20
#1 in apocalypse 3.27.20
#1 in zombies 7.26.20
#1 in survival 12.27.19

Mature warning for the following: violence, language and sexual content 

Trigger warnings noted at beginning of associated chapters 

Banners by Alyssa_Evangeline 

I do not own the rights to any of the images, all credit goes to the original owners.All Rights Reserved

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