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Summary:

What if Merle had Tried to Make his way back to the Atlanta group when he escaped from the rooftop? What if Sophia Peletier Made her way deeper into the forest? What if they were both found by someone who could save them?

 

Before the world fell apart, Jasper Silas Hawthorne was a normal 19 year old Alpha. He lived alone, and he worked his fingers to the bone for what he had. When the dead began walking and the World went to shit, he found himself foraging for food and sleeping in whatever safe place he could find, never staying in one place for too long. Not long into the outbreak, Jasper finds Little Sophia Peletier out on her own and decides to help her get back to her group.

 

Then, they find Merle Dixon.