River of Shadows (Underworld Gods, #1)

by Karina Halle

matter of time before he pops up. But that’s what people think when their loved ones die, isn’t it? They keep thinking it’s only temporary.

Maybe that’s how you get through death, by telling yourself your father will pick up the phone, and that if he doesn’t that he’ll call you back soon, and so in the back of your mind, at the back of your heart, you’re just waiting. Waiting for them to return and for life to go back to normal again. The idea that they’re never coming back is…it’s more than unbearable. It goes against everything you’ve ever known.