Wild Girl (READ DISCLAIMER)

Chapter 9: Meeting The Family Part 2

Jade's POV

I watch as Beck goes to stab Tori, my eyes widening in fear at what will happen if he's not stopped.

Before he can swing the blades down and pierce her skin, she pushes off enough to get herself free from him and quickly backtracks. From my angle on the ground, I watch as Tori keeps her attention on Beck, surprisingly the wolves stay on the sidelines, growling and watching Beck intently.

"Play dead, bitch." Beck says, jumping towards Tori in an attempt to stab her in the chest, grunting when he misses and lands on the ground when Tori moves aside and tackles him, knocking the scissors out of his hand. "Fuck you, bitch." He grunts out, hitting Tori in the side of the head, knocking Tori off him.

At that point, the wolves slowly make her way towards Beck when he goes for the scissors after stunning Tori. Seeing the wolves, Beck stops before he can grip the scissors, watching the advancing wolves. I watch as he slowly reaches for the scissors, but stops when a big one, the Alpha I guess, jumps forward and blocks him, letting out a quick bark when Beck flinches back.

"Forget this shit." Beck says, fear in his voice, as he quickly backpedals and turns to run, climbing into his truck. "I'm not done with you, bitch." He says with a glare aimed at me when he starts the truck and pulls away.

"Jade." Tori says, moving towards me and grabbing the scissors, starting to cut the ropes off. When she gets my hands free, I quickly free my mouth as she cuts the rope off my feet, allowing me to stand up.

"How did you find me?" I ask her, rubbing my wrists from where the rope dug into them, watching the wolves around us.

"You were late. There was enough food, so I knew you weren't shopping." Tori says with a slight stutter, still not used to speaking yet. "I left, and an Omega found me, started running for their home. I quickly followed." She explains, reverting to how she was when I first brought her home, on all fours and rubbing her head against my leg.

"Why did they go for you? They don't know me. And how did they know where you were?" I ask with confusion, crouching down and sitting crosslegged beside her, a small smile forming on my lips when she climbs onto my lap.

"They visit me on occasion. When you are at school. The followed my scent and keep checking on me." Tori answers, coiling up like a small puppy in my lap.

"How long has that been going on?" I ask, rubbing her back gently.

"Shortly after you found me." Tori replies. "I got out one day and they were there. I assured them I was fine, and they come to visit on occasion."

"But how did they know how to find me?" I ask, sighing a bit.

"They know your scent from the clothes you let me wear." Tori answers. "The recognized it and found me when he grabbed you." She says, nuzzling into my chest, rubbing her head against my chest.

We spend the next fifteen minutes in the same position, with the wolves watching us from a small distance, now calm instead of on edge.

"Ready to go?" I ask her, patting her to wake her up from when she was close to falling asleep. "I'll need you to guide me. I don't know the woods or anything." I tell her as we stand up.

With a nod to the wolves, Tori starts to lead me out of the wooded area until we're at a place I know, the wolves watching us until we got out of the trees. "I'll be back in a minute." Tori says, turning around to head back into the trees. A moment later, she comes back out with a sad smile.

"You okay?" I ask her when she looks close to tears.

"I was telling them bye. They were my family for years." Tori says, hooking her arm with mine as we continue walking.

"That was the pack who raised you?" I ask, still a little shaken from what Beck tried and seeing the wolves.

"Yes." She answers as we walk, gently leading me towards my house.

"Can I ask you a question?" I ask after walking for a few minutes in silence.

"What?" Tori asks as we walk, looking around cautiously.

"Don't be offended, but why do you act like a dog more than a wolf?" I ask her, staring at her from the corner of my eyes.

"I spent more time with the puppies over the adult wolves." Tori answers as we get close to Hollywood Arts, surprising me at how close we were to the school the whole time. "Their mannerisms stuck more than the others." She further explains as we walk.

"So, the wolf pups act like dog pups?" I ask, confused.

"I guess." She says, shrugging her shoulders.

We walk home in silence, her voice feeling slightly strained from using it more than usual. After a little over a half hour of walking later, we walk up the porch as I take the keys out of my bag, surprised Beck left it when he ran from Tori's 'family'.

"Thank you." I tell her after we walk in and I lock the door behind me.

"Hmm?" She asks, staring at me.

"For stopping Beck." I say, an amused smile on my face when she growls at his name. "If your 'family' didn't get you, who knows what he would've done to me?" I ask as we head for my room.

When we walk into my room, she starts to strip completely and heads into my bathroom and starts a shower. Following suit, I strip and toss our clothes in my hamper to wash it later and follow her into the shower, grabbing some towels and change of clothes for us.

"No clothes. Too confining." She tells me when I go to climb into the shower.

"Uh, okay." I say, setting the clothes aside.