Leah Shields had gotten used to taking care of herself, then all hell broke loose. Living life in an apocalypse, she found friends she never would have known, family in a dysfunctional group of survivors, safe havens in the most unlikely places, and love from the last person she expected. This life pushed her past her limits, but she would fight for it until she collapsed.

The world was always a bit strange for Charlotte Connor and her daughter Hannah, who's been deaf since she was three, even before it ended. Now the dead are rising, eating the living. All that matters is surviving. But what will happen when the past comes knocking?

Daryl is asked about what he did before he met the group. He starts telling them about the girl that he met. Days after he told his story, he and Rick get into a fight and Daryl leaves the prison. He finds her again for the first time in so long. (Story takes up 7 years in the apocalypse, not months as in the series)