Hope

Jacqueline Paige / J. Risk 37 stories

Summary

While Foster was growing up, it was normal for children of neighboring clans to disappear. He always thought they had moved away or were stuck at home being bored. It wasn’t until he was twenty that he understood what was really behind the vanishing of every type of shifter in his world. Before he reached thirty, half of his relatives and friends were gone, so it was only natural that he joined the Shifter Alliance and did his part to help all of the clans in Canada. He didn’t care if they were legal ones or rogue groups; every single shifter out there should be able to live in peace without maniacs collecting them like novelty cards. It turned his stomach to think of them treated like pets or worse. He wasn’t a hero and warrior like many of the men and women who fought for the Alliance were, but he was exceptional at running fast and hiding better than anyone he knew. If those skills were useful, he’d use them along with his sense of humor and boyish good looks. He tried not to dwell on the worse parts he’d heard about or witnessed, or he’d lose all ambition to stay on the road and do the endless hours needed to help balance the scales in favor of any being with more than one form.