Chapter 001, What Remained After the End
Summary: Lexa's Day Zero begins in an ordinary morning with Costia, then breaks through precinct radio chaos, Costia's call, the apartment barricade, the bite, Costia's death, and the failed Anya line after Costia is gone. After failed shelters, dangerous living survivors, road scarcity, hygiene discipline and months of narrowing trust, Lexa turns the Shell station into a held radius. In the present, she identifies Nancy and Robin outside, checks the risk, and opens the door only because the alternative is teeth.
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