Forged by the fall
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“It’s too late in the year for apples,” Max said, his voice softer now.
“But they like them,” Lando insisted, his words tight with stubbornness and a trace of guilt.
“But no one has them,” Max said, trying to keep the edge out of his voice. He glanced down at Lando’s leg as the younger stumbled to keep up. “How’s your leg?”
“Leave it, Max. I’m fine,” Lando muttered, not meeting his eyes.
Max didn’t push any further. He just nodded, though he watched Lando out of the corner of his eye, saw the way he favoured his left side, how every step seemed to pain him. Market days always took it out of him, the jostling crowds, the long walks, but Lando would never admit it.
Max raised his voice over the noise of the market as the rest of there group came into view. “I found him he was looking for apples!”
“It’s not the right season for apples,” George called back from where he was securing some logs to the back of his horse.
“But they like them,”
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In a world undone by the undead, survival isn’t just about staying alive, it’s about holding on to the people who matter.Series
- Part 1 of Forged by the fall
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Max has always been a protector, it’s just who he is.
Ever since he was five years old and his mother placed a bundle of blankets in his arms with his tiny baby brother nestled inside, Max knew, deep down in a place no one could ever reach, that he was never going to let anything, or anyone, hurt him.
And he didn’t.
He stopped Lando from walking face-first into furniture when he first started toddling around. He hugged him close when nightmares clawed their way into his dreams. He checked under the bed for monsters and made-up silly voices in stories until Lando’s giggles filled the room like sunlight. That was their world, small, safe, full of warmth and laughter.
Then the world ended.
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When the world ended Max didn’t have much time for anyone else, he was to busy keeping his little brother Lando alive. But when they find safety and a boy, Charles, comes along Max learns how to let someone in for the first time in years. Through the destruction of there world they learn to lean on each and that trust sometimes creates a bond that goes beyond words, it’s one that can only be built from ruin.*prequel to ashes and blood*
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- Part 2 of Forged by the fall