Book One of The Grief Sequence Trilogy
This is the mourning book. The beginning of the end.

"Say it, Kade. Say you hate me."
"If I hated you, I'd be free."

Kade Ryland disappeared into a world no one talks about. Off at school. Maybe traveling. That's what everyone thinks. But the truth? He vanished into something darker-something no one comes back the same from.

Juliet Rowe is still the perfect daughter in the perfect house. Still smiling. Still pretending. But now Kade's back-on a leash disguised as freedom-and the cracks in her mask are starting to show.

They're both fucked up beyond repair-but they keep crawling back, like choosing each other won't cost them everything.