Ashes Between Us • Rick Grimes
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In a world where survival is everything, love is the most dangerous risk of all.
She was a fighter long before the world ended-but grief changed her. Hardened her. Now, behind the safety of the prison walls, she's barely holding together the pieces of who she used to be. Until Rick Grimes sees through the cracks.
He's a leader burdened by loss, desperate to keep everyone alive-especially her. What starts as stolen glances and shared scars soon ignites into something neither of them expected. But in a place where trust is currency and secrets can be deadly, their growing connection becomes a dangerous game.
No one can know.
Not with threats closing in from every side.
Not when the group is already struggling to survive.
And especially not when a new enemy is watching from the shadows... waiting to strike.
With walkers at their backs and spies beyond the fence, Rick and Cass must decide: is love worth the risk-or will it be the reason everything falls apart?
Enemies are coming. The truth is closing in. And the line between love and war has never been thinner.
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