Dead Ends and Second Chances
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She was just a girl with a truck and a map.
Athena was in the middle of moving cross-country when the world ended-alone, off the grid, and miles from anyone she knew. What was supposed to be a fresh start turned into a fight for survival, with only a softball bat, a bow, and stubborn hope to guide her. Now, lost in the chaos of the dead rising and the world falling apart, she's desperate to find her family-if they're even still alive.
But fate has other plans.
When she crosses paths with a quiet man who wears his scars like armor and wields a crossbow like an extension of his soul, Athena finds something she wasn't looking for: connection. Trust. Maybe even love.
In a world where nothing stays, can two people who never planned to find each other still choose to stay?
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