His Burden • THE WALKING DEAD

Eli Walsh has spent most of his twelve years learning how to stay quiet, how to flinch in silence, how to exist without being seen. To the world, he's just Shane Walsh's kid-another boy trying to survive the end of the world. But behind closed doors, Eli knows the truth: he's a burden. An inconvenience. A reminder of the man Shane used to be before the world broke.

As the dead rise and society falls, Shane begins to unravel-latching onto Lori and Carl Grimes as if they're his real family, while pushing Eli further into the shadows. But not everyone's blind to the boy behind the bruises. Daryl Dixon sees him. And Carl-Eli's best friend-never stops choosing him.

In a world where survival depends on strength, Eli learns that being strong doesn't always mean being hard. And sometimes, found family is the only kind that matters.