He could hardly believe that a woman as amazing as Hope not only wanted to spend time with him, but loved him as well. They endured their fair share of teasing from the rest of the group, but it was a small price to pay. Honestly, Drew almost enjoyed the teasing. Every jab someone threw at him was another reminder that he had managed to somehow snatch up the beautiful Hope as his own. Things were going so well for Drew that sometimes he almost forgot about the horrors going on in the rest of the world. Shifter scanners had become widespread, and almost all of the shifters had either gone into hiding or been imprisoned. No one really knew what the government’s plans were for the imprisoned shifters. Some called for a mass execution, some said they should be forced to do hard labor, and some worried that imprisoning a whole group of people without any trials set a bad precedent for America—even if those people were shifters. The rioting and protests continued, and, in the span of just a few months, America had become a divided, bitter nation.
