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Of Blood and Burdens
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  • Reads 11,643
  • Votes 306
  • Parts 67
  • Time 23h 31m
Complete, First published Dec 08, 2024
It has been four years since the bridge exploded, leaving Rick Grimes missing and presumed dead. Now 25, Alyssa Grimes has stepped into her father's legacy, leading Alexandria while raising her spirited 4-year-old daughter, Nova Rae Dixon. Nova, though the image of her father, Daryl Dixon, has inherited Alyssa's fiery determination and sharp wit, making her a force to be reckoned with-even at her young age. 

Alyssa has worked tirelessly to build a life for her family alongside Michonne, raising Nova with her siblings Judith and RJ. But Daryl doesn't know Nova exists, and his absence has left a lingering shadow over her life.

Meanwhile, Negan remains imprisoned in Alexandria's basement. His obsession with Alyssa-the woman who nearly ended his life-has only deepened over the years. Despite Alyssa's warnings to keep well away from him, her sister Judith, now six, and Nova begin speaking to Negan through the barred basement window. To Alyssa's horror, a connection begins to form between the dangerous man and the two little girls, something she can neither control nor understand.

When Daryl finally returns, his search for Rick yielding no answers, he is faced with the life he unknowingly left behind. Confronted with a daughter he didn't know existed and a woman who has had to survive without him, Daryl must navigate the shattered pieces of his family. 

But just as they begin to heal, new enemies threaten to destroy everything. As Alexandria braces for what's to come, Negan unexpectedly rises as a protector, swearing to keep Nova and Judith safe at all costs. 

In a world where love and loyalty are constantly tested, Alyssa Grimes must decide how far she's willing to go to protect her family-and whether she can trust the man she once hated to be their saviour 

The sequel to Bloodlines, Of Blood and Burdens is a story of resilience, redemption, and the unbreakable bonds of family in a world where nothing is guaranteed.
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In the ruins of a world overrun by the dead, survival isn't the only battle. Alyssa is just a troubled teenager. A high school dropout, living with her mother Alice foley. She didn't expect the world to end, and far less to lose her mother so quickly. She never knew her father, her mother kept him a secret.. leaving Alyssa growing up with many unanswered questions.. until her mother was about to die.. and said his name. 'Rick grimes.' Alice' encouraged Alyssa to set out to find her father. Find the man who she'd thought about her whole life. This unknown stranger. When Rick Grimes wakes from a coma to find the world in shambles, his mission is clear: survive and reunite with his family. But in this brutal new reality, his past comes back to haunt him in ways he never anticipated. He discovers Alyssa, the seventeen-year-old daughter he never knew existed, born from a high school romance he left behind. Now, they must navigate the fragile boundaries of family amidst bloodshed and betrayal. As Alyssa struggles to find her place in a group that sees her as an outsider, Rick faces an impossible task-reuniting his fractured family. Lori, his wife, battles her own feelings of betrayal and jealousy, while Shane, Rick's best friend, whose loyalties waver as his dark desires push him closer to the edge; threatens to take the very thing he's fighting for. Daryl Dixon the mean and hard headed redneck sparks a weird friendship with Alyssa..seeing her as an extension of himself. In a world where the dead roam freely, can family ties survive the weight of secrets, guilt, and jealousy? Or will the haunting shadows of the past be their undoing? Blood runs thicker than water, but in a world gone mad, nothing is certain.