Daryl Dixon knew two truths: Trust nothing, and never show a weakness. Then he found Róisín O'Tool.
When the silent, savage hunter found the fiery Irish nurse holed up in an abandoned pharmacy, he didn't offer comfort-he offered a contract. Róisín O'Tool was fragile, fresh from profound loss, and armed only with rusty scissors. Daryl was ruthless, efficient, and wholly self-sufficient. He simply took her backpack and, in doing so, made her survival his responsibility.
Their subsequent three months in a remote cabin forged a bond built on silence, violence, and absolute dependency. Róisín became his world, and his possessiveness grew into an untamed, lethal need.
Now in Alexandria, that need is exposed. Róisín challenges Daryl's control by wearing a provocative pink top, shattering their fragile truce. When their leader, Rick, sends her on a run alone, Daryl finds her critically injured, covered in blood. The horrifying sight pushes him beyond the breaking point, driving him to confess the one truth he'd been fighting: he loves her.
The bargain is struck in blood and fire. Daryl's love is a dangerous thing-a violent ultimatum delivered to the community. He has finally accepted his weakness, but an old enemy, Negan, has been watching from his cage.
Negan knows Daryl's life is now tethered to Róisín's defiant breath. And to break the right-hand man, all Negan has to do is exploit the beautiful, savage woman who stole his heart.