Christopher was abused as a child. His father was a drunk and constantly beat and sexually assaulted him, leaving him fearful and timid around any men in his life. When he realized that he was gay, it terrified him. He can hardly stand to be in the same room alone with any guys, let alone have a relationship. He's been bullied his entire life at school, and now that they know that he's gay, the hits that he always takes become daily. Now entering his senior year of high school, Chris is miserable and even suicidal. Then Jason changes everything. It's the very first day of school, and Chris is in the middle of taking yet another beating, when Jason comes in. Chris passes out before he can see what happens, but all he knows is that when he wakes up he's in Jason's arms, and he panics. If there's any hope of saving Chris, then he'll have to confront his demons, and let the one person who really cares confront them with him. But what if the one he trusts... Isn't even human.

Malcolm Nolan, future Alpha of his pack, turns eighteen in exactly a week, and there's nothing he's looking forward to more than meeting the other half of his soul, his true mate. Easy-going, happy-go-lucky, kind-hearted Mal only wants to find his mate, whom he prays will be male, and make him happy, but unfortunately for Mal, it might not be so easy... Nicholas Clancy is a sixteen-year-old depressive loner with a sarcasm problem, who's already been through far too much in his relatively short life. After the arrest of his abusive father on assault and drugs charges, Nick is forced to move to a new town with his crazy-ass cousin Eimear and her moody step-brother Nate. Nick hates the world in general and people in particular, would rather cut off his own head than form a relationship with somebody (especially a wildly optimistic teenage werewolf), and is mildly suicidal- he needs all kinds of help. Can Mal help Nick fight his demons, or is Nick a lost cause? Can Nick heal himself in time to take his rightful place beside Mal at the head of his pack? Or will Nick's demons come back for him, and destroy whatever pieces he's managed to put back together? ...