Decaying World | Book One
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Last published Sat, Aug 15, 2026
Cassidy Grimes is twenty-two, content with her quiet life in El Paso, living above her garage and answering to no one. After her time in the Army, she knows how to handle a gun, a knife, and anything you can throw at her. Independence suits her. Silence suits her. Control does too.
What she doesn't expect is her brother being shot,
the same day the world falls apart.
This story follows Day One of the outbreak through Day Fifty-Nine, the day before Rick arrives at the Quarry. It traces the collapse from Cassidy and others perspectives as everything they knows fractures, and survival becomes second nature.
This is a prologue to The Walking Dead Season 1,
and it doesn't end here.
•Book 1-5•
• Not a Slow-Burn •
Daryl Dixon x Cassidy GrimesOC
• All photos and gifs from Pinterest •
This story contains inappropriate language, mature themes, mental health, sexual content, and violence
Started On: 02 / 01 / 26
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