For the first time since the world ended, Ellen feels at home. Arcadia Valley, a settlement carved out of the wreckage of the old world, offers safety, structure, and the promise of something better.

But peace has a way of exposing what survival keeps buried.

Ellen is caught between the brothers once more, drawn to the quiet safety Cole offers and the dangerous pull she cannot escape with Daryl.

As the fragile balance between them begins to shift, survival is no longer the only question. What matters now is who she chooses… and what that choice will cost.

Because in Arcadia, love isn’t a refuge.

It’s a decision.

And someone will pay the price for it.