Josh POV
I made my way to my father's old office soon to be mine. Garth, the kid had Kindly told Michael and his crew as much as he could about everyone so we could make sure no evidence could be destroyed or anyone leaves without having clearance.
All the men and women who had lost their wolves were to be held and questioned. To have you wolf choose to leave you meant you did something extremely bad. A wolf wants to be in a pack, They fight when they need to and our protection of the woman and children, it is the human side of being a shifter that would make your wolf leave.
Wolfs are like our souls if the human side does horrid things your wolf won't stay to see your downfall.
My father's office had not changed. Still, animal heads on the walls are big 80s style table with the awful green felt on it.
I sat in his chair. I could smell the still booze and cigarette butts all over the floor.
A soft tap on the door tore me away from my thoughts about how many people were abused here.
"Come in," I said
I small petite woman came into the door, She would have been 18/19 I would say but she looked older. She was skinny, Way too skinny, He hair had no life, and Her brown shoes had holes in the soles. I could see the bruises on her arms. She reminded me of Freya When she first got to the blue moon pack. We all had to pretend we didn't notice her bruises because She and we all knew she was safe from our abusive father. This girl doesn't know me. I could see her trembling and not holding eye contact in case I lash out at her.
"What's your name?" I asked
"Cindy, Alpha" Cindy spoke trembling.
"What can I do for you, Cindy?" I spoke softly and send out charming waves from my Aura to let her wolf know she was safe. She very slightly relaxed
"A lawyer is here to see you Alpha" Her gaze still fell on the ground not making any form of eye contact.
"Thanks, Cindy, Can I request from you? Please dont call me Alpha. My name is Josh. I promise I will never hurt you or allow any pain to come your way. I know what my father was, I saw what he did to my sister Freya and Sarah. I am not my father. I will try to bring peace to this pack." I said still holding a soft tone. I dont want to do anything to frighten this poor soul.
"Yes, of course, Alpha... I mean sorry Sir Josh." Cindy said.
"We will get there in time. What is your job, Cindy?" I said chuckling
"I'm an Omega Female sir, Josh. sorry. So I am a slave" Cindy said making eye contact with me for the first time. I could see the hurt and pain behind her eyes that she had tried to hide, she probably was starting to become numb to it all.
"Can you read and write? Use a computer?" I asked her
"Yes, sir my family taught me before getting sold here. They thought it might benefit me to go for a higher price, Sir Josh" She said. I could hear that she was proud of herself. I guessed a lot of the slaves brought here didn't know the basic concept of reading and writing.
"I am officially appointing you as the Alpha lead secretary Like my personal PA, We will get you set up with everything you need. I will need a few others to help, Could you organise that for me?" I asked. I saw a spark in her eyes
"Yes sir, are you sure I am just an Omega." She asked as if she couldn't believe what I was saying to her
"I do not care you are an Omega Cindy. To me, you have been given a rough start and survived, I would like to be involved in making your future better. Also no more slave talk. You are a free woman, I need someone Monday to Friday 8 till 6 on call for the weekends. I say starting at $20 an hour? The more experienced you get we can negotiate higher pay. You also will have access to my credit card to get yourself some professional clothes to get you started. Select 3 others who can read and write to be part of your team. We are going to need a lot of help to get this place decent again. I am offering them $15 per hour. You can stay in the packhouse or off-site if you wish?" I said. I needed her to trust me and also I did need to get some structure to this place. The more people I had in my corner the better I could lead this pack out of dismay.
"Josh Sir, That is too much. I dont want to let you down, I might not be good enough." Cindy said.
"Dont be silly, we all have to start somewhere. Let's help each other. This is my first time being an Alpha of a pack. We shall learn together." I said smiling at Cindy.
"Okay," She said shyly.
I put my hand out to shake her hand. She shook it firmly as she could with her little hands.
"Let's start now, what do you say? Bring the Lawyer in for me? Oh did you catch his name?" I asked
"Raymond Donalson, I think he said. Sir, Josh." Cindy said. I didn't want to correct her for calling me Sir, but one problem at a time.
I just nodded and smiled. Cindy left the room and went to grab the lawyer for me.
I knew I was making the right choice in giving her a job.
I heard Cindy come back through the door she felt confident enough to knock and just walk in this time.
"Sir, Mr Donalson is here to see you," Cindy said smiling. I knew she was happy with her new position.
"Thank you, Cindy, Also here is my card as promised." I pulled my card out of my wallet and gave it to her.
"New clothes, some office resources, get yourself a new phone and laptop please Cindy," I said. I knew I had more than enough money for her to go crazy on but something tells me she won't go crazy. Mostly underspend.
Mr Donalson was a tall dark man. His features were hard, He looked years older than he should. The man should be in his 30s but looked in his 50s. His eyes were jet black but not threatening. His wolf was still intact, I could feel his wolf submitting right away.
"Mr Donalson, Please sit," I said. I sat in my father's old chair. I cannot wait to rid of this whole room. Erase everything of him. The scum he is.
"Alpha Michael's, It's a pleasure." He said. I could feel the nervousness in his voice
"Josh, please. now what do I owe the pleasure?" I said motioning to him to sit in the chair opposite me. He did as I suggested and placed his briefcase on the table.
"I understand you have taken over your father's pack. Within that, you gain his assets, Alpha Jensen and Luna Freya send over her approval for you to gain all profits and assets as he left them to Freya in his will. Your father had dealing's in many different areas. I will be honest with you most of it was a cover for his underground operations, But The pack and his lands here are your's, He owns a hotel on the east side, a few compounds and some land to the west also. He had $1.8m in the bank. it was only a few $100k but just before he died a large deposit got wired through, He owns a few brothels in town also." I knew who the money was from Wohan's followers. It won't be long till they find out he was dead and I was alive.
"What's the hotel profits came into?" I asked. I know to turn this around I will need to make a non-shady business run well to make a profit.
"Annually $150k Sir. The brothels earn the most Sir, Mainly that's where your father held his slave trades earning $1m a year sir" He said. I could get a read on this guy. I couldn't tell if he agreed with my father's business.
"Do you agree with it? The trades of female pack members for money?" I said trying not to show my face.
"No Sir, I was forced to help Warrick to save my sister who was sold to him when she was young. I was indebted to him to keep her safe and not sold on, He promised once I finished helping him with a business deal with Wohan PTL. I rejoiced when I heard he had died, I am hoping you will be able to bring her back to me If I work for you?" He said softly
"I dont know a lot of people yet but I can keep an ear out, I dont want you to be indebted to me, I want to fix what he destroyed, and I would like you to help as a business partner," I said truthfully.
"I would like that Sir" Raymond said holding out his hand and grabbing it firmly and shaking it.
I directed him towards the door. and went to say goodbye
"Oh sorry Raymond, what is your sister's name? I will ask Cindy to do some digging." I said. I planned to get all the girls and children back to their rightful homes if they didn't want to stay here.
"Lena Sir her name is Lena." Raymond said.
I almost choke on air. I hope it isn't Freya's Lena, Micha's Lena. I had only seen her once but now looking at Raymond I could see the same features.
FAAARK.