She wasn't sorry for what she had said because it was the truth. Andrea hadn't stopped speaking to her however. She still asked dumb questions like 'how are you' and 'do you want anything?' . Of course I wanted something. I wanted my life back. I wanted to be able to sleep safely at night without worrying about being murdered or eaten alive.

Today was scouting day, and it was Cassandra's turn. It was odd because Rick didn't willingly choose her often, fearing that she would murder someone or run away and give away their position. He treated her like a damned child.

Cassandra had growled at Rick when he set her up with Abraham and Eugene to find some blasted machine barely a mile outside town. In the end, she had muttered a silent 'okay' and marched out of his house, slamming the door shut behind her. The people outside glared at her and hurried out of her way as if she was a hurricane. She sighed and propped her rifle up on her shoulder and sheathed her machete.

Abraham and Eugene were already waiting for her by the gate. "You ready?" Abraham asked and pushed the gate open. His face was stern and serious as he stepped out of safe town.

Cassandra hummed and shut the gate behind her. It was a relief to leave Alexandria for once. She couldn't stand seeing all those people happy and smiling, like they had no worries. There was absolutely nothing to be happy about.

Cassandra's POV

Grey clouds covered the sky as we ventured forwards. It felt like we didn't even have a destination, something I've been feeling since everything went to hell. I felt lost out here. "Can I ask something? Why the fuck are we not driving there?" I muttered and wiped a few drops of sweat off my forehead.

Eugene rolled his eyes, "Because that would bring unwanted attention to ourselves. Who knows what's out there?" He peered between the buildings as if he expected something to just jump out.

"Two things, Gene, walkers, and people." I closed my eyes for a second. Walkers and people. All that was left. I drew back and walked a couple of meters behind them. I wasn't exactly in the talking mood.

A sudden sound of flapping wings startled me and I swung around. A flock of crows were flying over my head. The thing that troubled me though, was that the crows had gotten used to the walkers and only reacted to humans. "Hey, keep your eyes opened. We're not alone." I said as quietly as I could and put an extra bullet in my gun.

Abraham and Eugene had begun discussing Holly and Rosita and were silently snarling at each other.

Just then, an arrow came flying past my head, barely missing the side of my temple and hit Abraham right in his skull. I turned right in time to deflect another one with my rifle. It bounced off and hit the ground with a small clang. I ran to the corner of a building to my left and pressed my back against the cold bricks. I couldn't go anywhere. I had backed into a goddamn alley.

15 maybe 20 minutes passed and nothing happened. Not a single fucking thing happened. I quietly crept to the corner and peeked out. I didn't exactly expect there to be a crossbow pointed at my face. "Fucking hell," I muttered and dropped my rifle as a sign of defeat.

The man in front of me had one side of his face badly burnt. Though his eyes were gentle and not evil-looking. "You fucking move I'll shoot you." He threatened and tied my hands together. He pushed me in front of him and said, "We're going to pay your friends a little visit."