As soon as they entered the office they met Zayn, who decided to ignore the red face of Louis although his soul ached just by the single thought of what his brother was going through. Once the door was closed he wasted no time and began to explain the information that they had found.

"One of the security guys said that they had found a movement near an abandoned building an hour away from here." He showed Louis the address of the place and walked to the door without a second thought.

"Damn it Louis. Wait!" Niall said without getting an answer, so he started to follow him. He wouldn't let Louis get hurt too.

They both left the house and headed for the address. Louis didn't say anything, he kept his eyes fixed on the road and slowly increased his speed.

He nimbly avoided the few cars outside that mostly belonged to them. Once Louis reached the main highway Niall relaxed a bit knowing he wouldn't hit anything.

"We're going to find him, Lou, don't worry. There's no reason for them to hurt him." He tried to reassure him, but Louis was involved in his world, he didn't want to know anything.

The speed of the car increased, Louis held the wheel as if it was someone as thoughts of someone hurting Harry flooded his mind. The mere idea of Harry being in danger broke his soul, and the knowledge that he had broken the promise he made to Jane tore him apart.

Why couldn't I protect him? He repeated to himself countless times.

Tears began to fill his eyes, blurring his vision. His foot pressed the accelerator even more and the car's engine made a funny sound that echoed throughout the place.

"Lou, stop." Niall asked without getting an answer, tears fell down the heart-broken alpha's cheeks and sobs escaped from his mouth. "Louis, stop the car" He asked again, but the alpha ignored him. "Louis, I said stop the fucking car!" He yelled, scared. Louis was no longer there, he was not aware of what he was doing and the only thing he would do

was killing them both "LOUIS WILLIAM TOMLINSON, STOP THE CAR!" He yelled once more, this time letting his alpha voice take over, and Louis eased off the gas and slammed on the brake, coming to a screeching stop and causing both alphas to rock forward.

He was in shock, his breathing was ragged and his crying was inconsolable. Niall put his hand on the steering wheel and walked over to Louis.

"Let's change seats." Louis nodded and moved carefully to the passenger seat, Niall sat down and took control of the vehicle, slowing down to a more stable speed but continuing to pick up the pace.

Sobs escaped from the alpha's mouth as he tried to control himself. He had never suffered so much in his life, and he hated it. It was a pain beyond his comprehension, his chest ached, his ribs ached, his heart ached.

But for a moment he could catch Harry's scent.

"Niall." He said in a whisper. The blond looked at him momentarily and returned his eyes to the highway.

"Niall." He repeated a little louder as he felt the scent intensify. "Niall!" He yelled.

"What?" He asked, concerned.

"It's over there, I can smell his scent. Speed up!" The blond trusted what Louis was saying and accelerated.

He felt the smell increase considerably as they moved forward, they were getting closer to the address they had been given and Louis knew perfectly well that Harry was there. Niall turned onto a dirt road and came across a huge building. As soon as the car stopped, Louis got out and took a deep breath.

"It's here. Harry must be inside." Niall took a deep breath and caught his scent as well.

"Yeah, I smell it too."

They both hurried inside, Niall looked around while Louis just ran chasing that scent of fruits and cinnamon that he needed so much. They went up some stairs almost flying and arrived at a huge dark room, the blond looked for a switch on the wall and when he found it he turned on the lights revealing a huge room with a chair in the background, a person was sitting. And, despite the distance they quickly noticed the long hair falling over the man's shoulders, Louis looked at Niall with a gleam in his eyes that he couldn't explain.

"It's him." He whispered and started to walk towards the chair. Niall looked around him trying to find any signs in case someone was hiding in the place and waiting to attack them.

Louis approached the chair slowly until he was only a few steps away. He smelled Harry's scent, he was so close to him, he reached out his hand and stroked his hair, repeatedly whispering my omega.

A huge smile appeared on his face, he felt the softness of those curls and looked at the clothes he was wearing... but why didn't he move? He pulled his hand away from his hair but a strand stayed in his hand.

No. he thought to himself. No, please Harry. A trail of tears began to fall down his face.

He was so close that he could actually feel Harry's heart inside his own, but he was wrong. He walked around the chair and stood in front of the man he thought he had seen, the figure that had brought him so much happiness. But it was just a doll dressed like him.

He looked at the clothes the doll was wearing and it was the same as Harry's, it had all his scent on it, but it wasn't him. He looked down and he could see several bloodstains and small holes in the fabric. His heart sank again. His Harry was in danger. He had to find him as fast as possible.

He looked up and locked his eyes at Niall's, with a soft shake of his head he made him understand everything.

The bodyguard, the sudden lead, the exact address of the place.

"It's a trap." Niall whispered to himself. It was then that the steps began to be present in the building. Niall ran up to Louis and took out his gun, he looked at how many bullets he had, realizing that there weren't enough to defend himself if necessary, and it was more than clear that Louis wasn't carrying his gun. "It's a trap, Louis, we have to get out of here."

Louis looked at the lock of hair that he had in his hand, it was Harry's hair, they had cut it... they had hurt him. And he once again couldn't do anything about it. His hands trembled as he looked from the doll in front of him to his hand.

"Louis, let's go before they get here." Niall grabbed him by the arm and started to pull him towards the exit, but it was too late when someone came through another door and shot.

They both fell to the ground and hid behind a wall.

"Damn it!" Niall muttered as he pulled out his phone and texted Liam his location to send backup. They had been very smart to take them to a place an hour from the house.

"Get out of wherever you are." The man spoke as he approached the place where they were hiding. Niall got to his feet and took a quick shot at him before ducking back into their hiding place. A groan came from the man stating that he had aimed the shot.

"Come on." They both got up and continued running.

"Stop or you'll never know where your omega is." Someone threatened behind him. The two alphas stopped exactly where they were and raised their hands. "I like it that way, now drop the gun!" He ordered and Niall dropped his gun to the ground. Then he closed his eyes and sighed.

"You better tell us where he is or else you'll see..."

"Shut up!" He interrupted. "You have no right to threaten me right now, do you? We are the ones who have your beloved omega who hasn't stopped crying all day, in fact he hasn't stopped crying since we put him in our truck." He laughed and started walking.

"What makes you think we're afraid of you? You are one and we are two, don't you think you are at a disadvantage?" Louis spoke this time.

"Oh..." he clucked his tongue. "But you're wrong about that, you idiot alpha. I am not just one."

The footsteps they had heard before were present again, and the door in front of them opened revealing more than ten alphas dressed completely in black and with those masks that Niall instantly recognized.

The blonde's phone vibrated several times in his pocket, but he knew that if they made any strange moves they would be shot, so he better put it down and prayed that it was Zayn or Liam saying that back up was on their way.

"What do you want in exchange for Harry?" Louis asked, earning a punch from Niall. "I want to negotiate for the freedom of my omega."

"Oh, you guys have something we've wanted for a long time, you know the story of Mr. Malik's death, right? Well..."

His speech was interrupted by gunshots coming from the front door, and little by little his men began to fall badly wounded, in a nimble movement Niall took the gun from the ground and shot the alpha in the hand where he was holding his gun, making him drop it with a huge crash, they ran towards him and grabbed him by the throat.

"HERE!" Louis shouted, and a few seconds later several bodyguards came to help them, taking the alpha they already had prisoner and taking him to a truck.

Niall put his gun away and silently left the building, Louis was just behind him with a totally serious face that scared the blond, not even a guard was able to hold Mr. Tomlinson's gaze, because they feared that any mistake would cost them their lives.

"Take him to the basement, I'll take care of him." Tomlinson ordered, and immediately the men took the hostage to where their boss had instructed them.

"Do you need help with this?" Liam asked, to which Louis denied with a growl.

"I said, I'll take care of this." He repeated and began to walk under the watchful eye of his brothers, who were extremely worried about the reaction that Louis was having about this whole situation.

He entered the same basement where Harry had killed that other man, and just thinking that his omega would be scared somewhere in the city gave him the strength he needed to do what he was about to, he took one of the weapons that the bodyguards had left him and moved in front of the man.

"So, now that you're at a noticeable disadvantage, are you going to tell me where my omega is? Or would you rather lose a finger?"

"Why would I tell you?" The man spat and Louis smiled cynically, positioning the knife he was carrying in his hand on the alpha's index finger, the only one left healthy, he began to scream in pain.

"I wonder if you have enough fingers to pay for all the tears that my poor omega has shed for your stupidity. Are you going to speak or do you need more proof that I am serious about this?"

"There's a hotel." The alpha growled.

"Interesting. Tell me more." Louis encouraged, but the man shook his head. "Are you going to say no? Oh, are you new to this or why do you have the audacity to disobey me when I ask you to tell me something?"

"Because if I tell you, they will kill me." He answered simply, and Louis's smile grew even more.

"Don't you know, dear? I'm going to kill you either way. It's up to you to decide if I do it quickly or torture you in the process until you beg me to put you out of your misery."

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One week went by since the omega was taken to that luxurious hotel room. The same beta visited him every day to feed him in the mouth as if he was a baby, and the most curious thing is that he had not seen that unpleasant American alpha again, not any alpha in reality, they had been quiet for several days and he didn't know if that relieved him or scared him more.

An alpha entered the room with a tray of food, and as soon as Harry set eyes on him, the situation got even worse. He knew perfectly well that aroma that had seemed unpleasant to him for more than ten years and that left so much suffering to the omega that he loved the most in the world.

"Edmund Styles." Spat out the curly one with all the venom he could carry in his voice. "Wasn't it enough for you to abandon my mother? Are you now going to take her son away from her too?"

"Harry?" Ed dropped the tray and ran to the green-eyed man, who kept a serious expression on his face. The alpha hugged him and he couldn't do anything to avoid it, despite how much it disgusted him to feel his tears falling against his abdomen. "But, what are you doing here, son? I was told we had Mr. Tomlinson's omega."

Harry gave a bitter laugh and shook his head.

"Son? I think you lost two of those many years ago, Edmund. You were the one who abandoned us, am I wrong? And if I remember correctly, it was because my scent was presented as an omega. Why are you interested now? Just kill me and have the decency to at least send my mother a corpse to bury."

" No, son, you're wrong, I was up to my neck in debt with the mafia. They made me work for them and told me that other way the ones who were going to pay would be our family. I never stopped loving you at all times, Hazzie. Since before you presented I knew you would be a beautiful omega, nothing ever changed."

"Well, if you hadn't been so irresponsible and had paid your debts on time, I wouldn't be tied up here, would I? Was this what you wanted, Edmund? Did you really love us that much?" He reproached with tears in his eyes.

"Of course not, son. Why do they have you? What have you done to them?"

"If you hadn't disappeared, father. The shortage of money wouldn't have caught up with us, and I wouldn't have had to get involved with the mafia so I could give mom and Stella something to eat, but do you know? What is the only thing I thank you for? Thanks to this I had the opportunity to see the eyes of Louis Tomlinson before ending up in a plastic bag on the street."

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He had already lost a total of six fingers and Louis's white shirt was totally inked with blood, he felt like he was about to tear his shield and he was enjoying it as much as he had in the old days. One step closer to being able to have Harry again, safe and beside him, between his arms and fulfill the promise he made to Jane. He could almost feel the omega in his arms now.

"Are you going to talk now or do I have to start cutting off your toes? In this hand there is absolutely nothing worthwhile, it is totally useless."

"Cut off all the fingers you want, I'm not going to talk." Muttered the alpha cynically.

"Oh no? What a pity, because right now we are investigating your family. Do you think your mother wants to donate the fingers that will be missing until you start talking?"

Terror flashed across the man's features and, finally, he spoke. Louis smiled cynically and with determination.

"In one of the most luxurious hotels in the city, The Mandrake. One of the top floors is being occupied by Mr. Kill and his men."

"Thank you very much for your cooperation." Louis said. "Now I hope you send my best regards to the devil, tell him I say hi."

A bullet was shot and aimed in the man's forehead, killing him instantly. He put the gun in his belt and ran out of the basement, finding Zayn, Liam and Niall waiting attentively and surprised at the door. They had heard the shot.

"Hotel Mandrake. LISTEN TO ME, I NEED FIFTY MEN TO FOLLOW US TO THE MANDRAKE HOTEL! NOW!"

They all jumped into action and in less than 5 minutes they were already going out for Harry. Louis just hoped that his omega would be strong just for a little longer.

"You, wait a minute." Louis stopped one of the security guards before he got into one of the vans, he looked at him waiting to receive orders. "Send a car to the Styles' house in Holmes Chapel. I need them to pick up Jane and Stella Styles, quickly."

"Yes, sir." Answered the bodyguard and went immediately to comply with his orders.

Louis pulled his phone out of his trousers pocket and with a twinkle in his eyes he dialled Jane's number. He waited three rings and before the omega said anything, he announced the news.

"We've found Harry. We're on our way to save him."