Blood moon

Chapter 21. Are you challenging me?

Harley walked along putting his chest to his father's side. He cared very little about what kind of people might be listening to, appearances were something he no longer cared about. He just wanted to make sure the girl he loved felt safe from a werewolf like the one in front of him would be capable of hurting her.

—Are you challenging me?— spat the older man with an amused grin. He wouldn't stop his firstborn from showing him that he was interested in his brother's wife, he was waiting to claim her and then the two of them would have to fight to the death. That was exactly, what he wished to avoid, he needed to keep that woman away.

—Yes, we are in the office, she is one of my employees and I will make any of my staff respect her— Harley's voice was very strong and powerful.

Andrea felt uncomfortable, finding herself in the middle of two testosterone-emanating males. It seemed that the discussion was only her fault. She felt that there was something else they were not telling her, she did not understand why they had offered her money, nor the rude way they were treating her, but her mother had not raised a coward.

She approached, putting her hand on Harley's chest to calm him down and give him space, as soon as he realized her presence he moved away taking a step backwards, it was then when Andrea stood in the middle of both of them, looking almost at par with the older man, her heart was beating so hard as to come out of her mouth.

—Mr. Hallan, I must ask you to respect me. I am not only an employee, I am a woman and no, I am not having an affair with your son, I don't know what kind of information you have, but you cannot treat me like a tramp— the man felt the woman's anger growing, he liked that she had enough strength to face him.

—I never called you a slut.

—You treated me like one. Don't insult my intelligence. What you insinuate has never been among my duties and the situation that happened today. The reason why you are here, is because there are negligences in your hiring system, because abusers can enter as if nothing— that was a slap in the face for the older man.

—Excuse me?

—No, I don't. Your negligence is not something I have to bear. If it wasn't for your son seeing it, the guy could have just punched me in the middle of the hallway like it was nothing, is that the company you're proud of? He's here, yelling at me about how he thinks I'm trying to get in his son's pants and not about what's important, his company— the werewolves present held back the urge to hiss, no doubt the woman was very valuable, because she silenced the pack's alpha.

—I...— The woman had left him blank.

—I recommend, sir, that you start to put your priorities in order, because offering money to a victim of abuse is not rude, it is irresponsible and revictimizes us, when you talk to human resources, ask for training to handle this kind of situation— Andrea let out the air she was holding in and walked away.

The older man was silent for a long time, staring at the girl's back. Andrea, no doubt she was a human worthy of her kind. He couldn't believe she dared to yell in his face, give him advice to improve herself as a person, and he took the luxury of walking out as if it were nothing.

—She's a great woman, we told you so, but you'd rather just not believe us- Harley's voice echoed over the silence of the room -Now you'll have to go apologize to her- the first born of the family walked out the door behind her.

—The world is upside down.

The older man did not intend to apologize, he would not do such stupid things to animals, which could be humans. He finished looking at the information Harley had collected, the guy was a scumbag of the kind that would spit as he passed by, he sent for a human resources meeting, he put them in a single file military style, with his arms back, he walked past them, letting his emotions guide them.

Fear, panic, admiration, desire and ambition.

She detested how fickle they could be as a lower species. Trying to get money out of them and take advantage of what they could, he didn't understand why Harley decided to bond with them, they could have trained werewolf people, the safe jobs would make the population motivated to have new pups and increase the numbers. That was important when it came to power, the more subordinates he had, the more important the pack.

—You are going to explain to me why there are irregular processes for hiring— people began to murmur about not understanding what he was talking about -When was it decided that hiring was by a referral system? When was it said that friends and family were going to go over the heads of the most qualified people?— Silence fell all over the place —The leader of the department stepped forward.

—Yes, sir.

—Who was in charge of hiring Chris J. Anderson?— There was a stony silence and a heart pounding, a man near the finish line, his face had begun to turn pale. The leader of the pack took a couple of steps closer to him, —Was it you?— he asked him directly. The man seemed to be in a panic.

—Me? I...— his voice cracked.

—Did you do it or not? Because I can check the sheets, I will find a name and a date. If you don't tell me the name before I do, I will fire the whole department. I will send letters about your failures to all the companies in town. By that time, you will have two choices to leave town or wash toilets in a gas station in the outskirts— panic filled the room. The murmurs started, but they were stuck with the big bad wolf, who would have no regard for them.

—I, I did it sir— exclaimed one of the boys. All heads turned in the direction of the man in front of him.

—I understand, but you couldn't do it alone, because it is customary to have two evaluators, who was your companion?— the devilish smile that formed on the leader, told him that they would be a complete slaughter, that the man would make them regret having been born if necessary and no doubt, they would hate to have tried to deceive a man like the leader of the Hallan clan.

—I did it alone, sir— the boy tried to justify himself.

The werewolf smiled, he had heard the irreverent pulse in the woman across the row.