When his father turned his back on the family, leaving them to pick up the pieces of their relationship, Nicholas Carter turned to the three people in life he knew would never leave him - his mother, his best friend Aiden and his brother Chris. 

Aiden left the country a few years later, while Chris left the world of the living. 

Now after the death of his brother, left with nowhere else to turn, with nothing but a strong hatred for himself and everything around him, Nick has given up all hope on love and trust. Even so, he is faced with a dilemma: Live, but he would forever live his life in torment. Die, but he cannot bring himself to abandon his mother the same way Chris abandoned them. 

With the return of his childhood friend and a stranger who just can't seem to keep his nose to himself, will Nick ever be able to find a way out of his Purgatory?

**Trigger/Content Warnings: Mentions of suicide, depictions of suicide, depression

Note: This is a werewolf story!

Purgatory

"I was doing fine on my own, and there wasn't much I lacked, but you've stolen my air catcher and I don't know if I want it back." 


We are walking to school, mom heading in the opposite direction to catch the bus to her workplace. Kyle turns to me with a confused frown that somehow makes him all the more handsome. 


"You're the Alpha werewolf, I'm your newly found mate, according to the werewolf genre there should be a war coming due to some prophecy." 


He just smiles down at me, the way he would smile at a small child and I can't help but feel a little offended. I'm not that short, or immature. 


His tone is amused, and I flush, looking the other way. 


"I need to know what I'm getting myself into." 


He throws his head back and laughs, and I feel my face getting hotter. Am I reading the wrong books? Why is he laughing at me? 


"Those are teenage romance books, love." 


Chapter 30