Here's part two. This will be a three-shot. You'll see why with how this one ends.
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After what felt like hours with her nerves, but in reality was a few minutes, there's a knock at the front door. Quick to get up, Tori jogs over to the door, covering the distance easily, and opening the door before Jade or her father knew what happened.
"Hi. My name is David Vega. This is my wife Holly, and our eldest daughter Trina. We're looking for our youngest, Tori?" The man, a six foot four inch tall tanned skinned mane with a short buzz cut, asks as Tori opens the door.
"Uh, Mr. Vega." Jade's dad says, finally catching up to Tori at the door. "I'm Michael West. I'm the one who called you." He says when Tori stares at her parents and sister, tears in her eyes. "This, is Tori. Your daughter." He tells them when they stare at Tori.
"Tori?" Trina, a girl with skin as tanned as Tori's, slightly taller than her with a lighter shade of hair, asks with a gasp. "It's you." She says, pushing past her parents and pulling Tori into a hug. "Oh, I have missed you, so much." She whispers into her sister's ear as they hug.
"Come in. Please." Michael says, stepping back to allow the Vega's to enter. "This is my daughter, Jade." He introduces when Jade makes herself known.
"Hello, Mr. and Miss West." Holly says, tears in her eyes as she stares at her daughter from the doorway, fighting the urge to hug her daughters.
"Please. Let's move this to the living room." Michael says, smiling softly as he guides the Vega sisters in, the parents following suit.
Over fifteen minutes later, the four Vegas sit on the couch, Tori and Trina in the middle, their mother on Trina's free side, and their father on Tori's free side. In the recliners around the couch, Jade and her dad sit and watch the family, neither making a noise to disturb the family.
'Told you they'd love you.' Jade thinks as she watches the four hugging each other.
"I can't thank you enough for watching over our daughter." David says, glancing at Jade and her dad.
"How long has she been here?" Holly asks, crying as she pulls her youngest back into a hug.
"That I was aware of, a few months. Maybe longer, since Jade and I didn't used to be close." Michael says with a soft smile, glancing at his daughter. "I wasn't aware of her full name at first. But when I heard what her name was, I remembered the last name from the law suit that was filed against your family and the wildlife preserve you run, when the group of people tried to sue you for animal abuse and neglect." He says, looking at the patriarch of the Vega family.
"Wait. I don't remember hearing about that." Jade comments, looking between her dad and mate's dad.
"It was years ago. They won, thankfully. It was proven that they show the upmost care to the animals on the property, and are given plenty of room to run, large wooden fence posts with wire fencing, nothing electrified, to keep the animals inside and humans out." Michael says with a soft smile. "I must admit, though I was hired to defend the group against you, I was glad to have lost that court battle." He adds with a small laugh.
"How have you been?" Trina asks Tori, the two holding each other close in a hug as their tears slowly stop falling, pulling away enough to face her sister better.
"I have been good." Tori says softly, a small smile on her face. "I was raised by wolves, living in the wooded area I was lost in. For years, I have become one with them, eventually becoming one to survive. Then, a few months ago, Jade ran me over while I was in the city. I don't remember why, just that I was surrounded by buildings before being hit. After that, Jade took me in and cared for me." She says, giving Jade a thankful and loving smile. "She is my mate." She adds softly, nodding to the pale girl sitting across from her.
"Wait. Mate? What do you mean, mate?" Trina asks, looking between Tori and Trina.
"We've been dating for a while." Jade admits, smiling at Tori. "It wasn't easy at first, with me not knowing a lot about wolves and her not knowing a lot about being human at the time. But we made it work." She says, laughing at the memory of how they were just when Tori saw herself as just a wolf, not knowing what clothes were, how to shower, anything like that.
"Are you okay with this?" Tori asks her family, afraid they won't like her for liking a woman.
"Yeah. We're fine with this. Just surprised." David says, shaking his head. "She's transitioned well. I can't imagine it was easy for her to survive out there as long as she did, yet she seems perfectly fine." He says, giving the Wests a thankful nod.
"Yeah, when she isn't trying to mate with me all day." Jade mumbles to herself, laughing.
"Excuse me?" Holly asks, wondering why Jade is laughing.
"Nothing. Nothing to worry about." Jade says, shaking her head. "So, I can't imagine how hard it was for you guys, losing your daughter in the wild and having no idea what happened to her, or anything." She adds softly after short moment.
"It is a pain I would not wish on anyone." Holly says softly, David and Trina nodding in agreement.
As the hours pass, the six become closer, Tori spending the time between her sister and father, a smile on her face.
"Do you know where she disappeared?" Jade asked, a question she's been wondering for a while now.
"A wooded area nearby the local wolf pack." David answers, curious about Jade's question. "Why do you ask?" He asks her, staring at her.
"Tori, can you describe the area you made home with the wolves?" Jade asks instead of answering.
"Uh, yeah." Tori says, not knowing what Jade is planning. "There is a large cavern, the mouth of which was close to six feet high, four feet at its widest. Around it were trees upwards of twenty, maybe twenty-five feet high, possibly more. There were various open fields, some larger than others and some have creeks, or ponds, or some other form of water where we would bathe, drink, or just cool off." She explains, listing various things she remembered.
"Wait a minute." David says, cutting off his daughter, a smile on his face. "I know that area. But I haven't seen you there. We've searched that area multiple times, but we've never seen you." He mentions, staring at her.
"I was usually in the cave, or my the pond, when I was younger. As I grew, I started wondering around the area. A few times, I saw signs of people around where we made home, and I would flee, afraid of what they would want. It was you the whole time." Tori says, recognition hitting. "All this time, I was so close, but so afraid that I hid." She says, starting to cry again.
"I thought so." Jade says with a smile, getting up. "I did some research over the last couple of days. One of the things I've read was how often you checked the woods around where you last saw her. A while ago, she showed me where she and the wolves lived. While reading, I saw the pictures of the area, and recognized them as what she showed me." She says, moving to stand behind Tori. "And Tori told me something on our way home that day. A few times, the wolves actually tried to get you to meet them, but you instincts you've acquired with them fought against it. You were unaware, so you stayed away." She says, hugging Tori from behind.
"I always wondered why the wolves, especially the Alpha, would nudge me when it happened." Tori says, leaning into Jade.
"What about the rest of you? How often did you go searching with David? Or did you search a different area?" Michael asked, staring at the Vegas.
"I searched with David, while Trina was too young to search with us. We left her with an aunt and uncle until we felt she was old enough, then she and I started searching a closer area, but far enough away to impede with David's search." Holly answers, looking at the West patriarch.
"So, what are your plans now?" Jade asks, moving back to her chair.
"What do you mean?" David asks, glancing at Jade.
"I mean, what are your plans for Tori?" Jade asks, afraid of Tori possibly going with them.
That's it for this chapter. Next chapter will be the last, and we see what the future holds for Tori, her family, and Jade.
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