Kayla Wilmington joins the Atlanta group on the highway and is welcomed by some and not so much by others. She eventually finds a home among the group, but as time goes on, she finds even more of a home with Daryl. The two begin something neither of them expected to find at the end of the world with one another as the fight every day to make sure they always make it home.

Searching for a reason to keep on surviving in a world run by the dead, Skye comes across the group led by Rick Grimes. Though desperately trying to keep from getting too close to anyone, her walls slowly begin to crumble as she develops relationships with members of the group. They eventually are torn down by someone who is more like her than she had originally believed. Daryl/OC

* Third Book, read TTS and NLTL first * Elizabeth Parrish and Daryl Dixon have gone through a lot. With the threat of the Governor looming over them, nothing will ever be the same again. Rated M for language, sexual scenes and violence