The Boss's Proposal

   The sixty-two-year-old man, eyes the color of the sky on a rainy day, looked at the beautiful sixteen-year-old girl, a bit of a redhead, as her hair was only red at the ends and curled in graceful natural curls, while the rest of her hair was golden and slightly wavy, with accentuated freckles near her nose and beautiful green eyes, swinging on a seesaw in a garden, while he talked to her father, without him being able to see her expression of desire.

  “I have two properties in Brazil and one in Ireland, which is all the inheritance I received from my late wife.” Her father said.

  “I've already visited these properties, and they don't even pay half of what you owe me... They would pay a third, and maybe interest...” The man replied without taking his eyes off the young woman.

  “That's a start, until I can raise the rest of the money. I can pass on these properties so that you can give me some more time, a few months until I pay off my debt...”

  The man turned to the young woman's father and reached for a cigarette in his couture jacket and sat down as he lit it thoughtfully.

  The man's name was Allister. He was considered the second most powerful man in the city of Houston, the first being his own son. Allister ran the mafia in almost all of North and South America and also had some cities in other countries that followed his lead. His son, only twenty-two years old, had already conquered other countries and to the chagrin of his older brother and his own father, he was born Alpha and would inherit not only the entire family fortune, as was the custom of the pack, but also the right to rule them all. The right of Alpha, however, she already exercised, but out of respect for her father, she refrained from using her natural control over all the werewolves.

  The man who owed All a lot of money was addicted to drugs, drink and gambling, and ran up a gigantic debt after losing his source of income, which he himself had given up to support his addiction.

  “You don't just owe me, Henry. You have debts to loan sharks, and you won't be able to pay them all off in a few months, even if you regenerated, gave up your addictions, and easy women, and worked twenty-four hours a day, assuming you got a job with a good company, and in a good position, which I doubt, you wouldn't find the means to pay off everything you owe.”

  “The other debts I'll pay off with this house here. But for that I need you to agree to wait a few more months to receive the rest of the debt I owe you.”

  The young woman with red hair and a carefree expression appeared in All's mind, and he knew what he wanted to do, but it wasn't the time yet. The man in front of him wouldn't accept the proposal he had in mind, as long as he had one hope to cling to.

  “Are you going to sell the only asset you have left after paying your share of the debt to me?”

  “It's just a comfortable house. I'll buy another one.”

  All was thoughtful and after extinguishing his cigarette in an ashtray on the coffee table, he stood up.

    “I accept that you pay me with your assets, but I'll only give you six months to get back on your feet and start paying me the rest of the debt...”

  The man seemed relieved, and held out his hand to All, who looked at it, then stared into the green eyes of the man in front of him, without intending to shake his hand.

  “My lawyers will be looking for you later today.” He said and lit another cigarette before leaving.

  All sent his lawyers, as he had promised, and through an agency, bought the man's house, anonymously. He wanted to live there with his future acquisition. The man's daughter Henry, before sending her to the green house.

  As he predicted, quietly at the time, the man paid off all his other debts and got a job that didn't pay very well, but allowed him to pay the interest, so that his debt didn't increase, and after a few months, almost a year later, he returned to his addiction and was soon knocking on All's door, asking for more money.

  Allister looked mercilessly at the man. His desperation to take drugs and drink was ruining him and his daughter. He knew that the moment had come for his big proposal.

  “I won't lend you any money, but I can guarantee that you'll frequent my best casinos, drink as much as you can handle, and still consume your drugs, without having any more debts, and without ever having to worry about them again. I'm also willing to settle your debts with the loan sharks.”

  The man looked at him in surprise.

  “I have nothing of use to you, not even a useful skill for your business... Why would you do that for me?”

  “You have something I want.”

  “What?”

  “Your daughter.”

  The man slipped and let himself fall to the ground while running both hands over his head.

  “No. Anna... She's my only daughter and her mother asked me to look after her...”

  “If you give her to me, you'll take care of her. She'll have everything young women always want. Money, trips, shopping... What do you have to offer her, apart from debts?”

  “Not her... Do you want her for one of your children? They're a bit older than her... They must be three or four years apart and...”

  “No. I want her for myself. At first.” Allister said, to make the man suffer even more. Of course he could lie, and that man's conscience would be free of any guilt, but he didn't want that. He knew that the man would accept his proposal, and that the girl would serve the purpose of his family's genetic heritage. A pack of sadistic werewolves. They couldn't help it and when they tried to contain their cruel nature, things got worse and so, from time to time, they chose a new human so that they could enjoy their bodies, and calm the fury of the werewolf inside them.

  “But you're old enough to be her grandfather!”

  “I don't think that should be your biggest concern...”

  The man stood up.

  “Are you going to marry her?”

  All smiled, which was a very rare thing to happen and even rarer to witness.

  “No. I'm already married.”

   “You've got one foot in the grave, you old bastard!” Henry said hatefully and then turned pensive.

  All seemed to notice the sudden change and smiled as if she had read his thoughts.

  “I know that there are undetectable poisons, and if you or she try something like that against my life, I'll make sure that she and you inherit nothing, and get further into debt. I don't think you'd like to be targeted the way my son collects his debts.” He said, knowing that the man in front of him knew the stories about his youngest son's cruelty.

  “I won't give up my Anne to be your mistress!”

  “Leave now, and when your drunkenness has fully passed, you must come to me and accept my deal, because you have no way out. It's my money, or your daughter, or your life.” He said and one of the two men present hurried to escort the man to the door.