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"My dear,
Find what you love and let it kill you.
Let it drain you of your all. Let it cling onto your back and weigh you down into eventual nothingness.
Let it kill you and let it devour your remains.
For all things will kill you, both slowly and fastly, but it's much better to be killed by a lover.
~ Falsely yours"

Charles Bukowski

Prologue

Year: 2015

Month: 12

Day: 1460

Hour: 1:25am

Place: Alexandria

His heart was beating uncontrollably as his feet carried him away from the fire that was slowly rising in Alexandria. The foliage grew darker and dense as he moved deeper into the woods passing trees almost in a blur, barely registering his surroundings, trying to be as quiet and faster as he could humanly be. His senses were overwhelmed from the lack of vision, making it impossible not to hear the curses uttered and the voices shouting as he tried to move even faster. He had tried his hardest to go back, but it was no longer an option, at least for him, not anymore. He could hear the voices getting louder and by default closer as small bursts of lights from random flashlights could be seen.

His breath was labored and sweat kept dripping down his face as he furiously and almost in a compulsive manner wiped it away with the back of his hand. His arms felt numb as his muscle worked to propel him forward despite the fact that he was tired. Exertion was taking its toll on his body and it was getting harder to keep up the pace, his legs burned from the effort to push themselves as far and fast away from harm as it was possible. His heart altogether stopped when he heard the first gunshot. His breath caught in his lungs as paranoia set in. Flashes passed through his mind in a blur, as the voices mocked him and taunted him while hunting him down. He could hear the whistles as they called him, as if he were a dog, these men where animals.

His legs were almost giving in when he stopped to hide behind a tree. Several gunshots were randomly fired as he could hear the voices getting closer. His body was double over as he tried to regain his strength but it was no use; his hands were trembling as adrenaline course through his veins, his legs felt like jelly and his side burned. There was no way he could run more than a mile or two in that state nevertheless his musing were cut short as he heard a woman scream.

For a second time his heart stopped, as desperation settled in, because he knew that scream meant only one thing: They had found her.

A/N

This story kept running itself through my mind and I just had to write it. It will have Rick and Jessie as main characters and it will be as realistic as possible and as "in character" as the story allows me. Some parts, will follow the TV series plot but mostly it will have a plot of its own. I like to explore human behavior and its motives so there will be a lot of that. This story will be dark and I mean it. There will be sexual situations, graphic language, violent scenes, mature themes, graphic descriptions, and overall explicit material. I love twist and turns so be warned *wink*. This story will feature strong sexual content and as such, rating will go up in later chapters as the story progresses. I like to talk and interact with you guys so write to me. Follow/Favorite/Review it means the world to me. Thanks in advance for giving this story a shot. First chapter will be uploaded before Friday. So, drop me a line or two. ;) xoxo Besos ~ RomanticForever77