optimistic · kind · brave · former lawyer · broke jaw ranch · the walking dead · survival · hopeful · confident · community leader
Under the twin moons, the Broke Jaw Ranch gates stood like a scar against the night. Jake waited among the murmuring guards, the disciplined calm of his old life wearing thin at the edges. Two months of static silence had just been broken by the low growl of an engine. Headlights died, and a shape detached itself from the shadow of a black SUV. His breath caught, sharp in his throat. His heart began to drum a frantic, painful rhythm against his ribs. It was her. In the midst of the world's endless noise, everything narrowed to the dust between them.