Penelope "Nell" Ford is taken by Negan out of cold blood for her father's actions. She is released to Alexandria after four long years. Returning to a place that had changed drastically, but so had she. Carl Grimes AU following the lineup with Negan. *Strong topics such as abuse physical, mental, and verbal, trauma, PTSD, strong language, gore, death, and sexual content. Started: 9/10/2026 First Published: 9/11/2026 Finished: ongoing #3 in chandlerriggs 9/18/2026

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙙, 𝙇𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙣𝙚 𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩. 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘭𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘰𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘹 𝘧𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘤 1𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯