It almost seemed like the week had flown by, Zayn got a therapist to see Harry, agreeing to see Harry twice a week. Since every time a guard approached the omega would hide behind Louis, and he couldn't hang out with alphas who weren't Liam, Niall or Louis. Jane treated him as if he were a small child and Louis tried to separate himself from Harry as little as possible. That was the last day that Stella and Jane would spend in the house since the beta needed to go back to work. Niall had planned to take them for a walk around the property to show them a bit of the things they had, like the huge field of white roses or the stable in which they had several horses.

Zayn and Liam were in the omega's office as usual, and even though they had agreed not to think about work all week, they needed to start sorting out the fallout Louis had caused by murdering Killian Calder.

"We still don't know if there are still any spies," Liam commented quietly, "I have to solve all that, but without Harry's help it's going to be difficult. I don't trust anyone anymore." Zayn sighed and unbuttoned the first two buttons of his shirt.

"We are going to have to recover from this as quickly as possible. Killian had many contacts and several people who work for us also did business with him in America. We also have to start distributing the merchandise in the United States so that everyone knows that we are the owners of the territory." He leaned his head on the back of his chair and closed his eyes tiredly. There were too many things to do and they did not have enough personnel to do it, they had to make cuts with the people they did not trust and only tell the plans to those closest to them. Liam got up from his chair and walked to stand behind his omega.

"Don't stress over that. We'll sort it out some way," he caressed his shoulders and began to massage them, "there are just some details that we have to take care of, and I'm sure that Niall and I are capable enough to finish everything before anything happens, but for now..." he leaned close to his ear and whispered, "we can go to your room and..."

A smile appeared on the omega's face knowing exactly what Liam was referring to. He felt his alpha's warm lips gently kiss his neck and turned to kiss him on the lips. Neither of them had had their heat due to all the stress they were on, but now that everything had improved a little of their animal instincts had returned.

"I don't know what I would do without you." He said between the kisses, making the alpha smile.

"You'd probably lose your mind... and your hair." They both laughed. "You know, I don't think we'll make it to bed."

"You had to be an alpha, unable to contain his desires." Zayn mocked as he felt Liam unbutton his shirt while still kissing his neck right where that bite, the one he had made all those years ago, was.

☺☻☺☻Harry☺☻☺☻

The cold wind moved my hair as we walked through the woods. Louis had proposed to walk me out of the house and clear our minds, this week had been quite nice. Louis was the first alpha I knew who would do anything just to make me feel comfortable. He didn't do anything without first asking me if I was okay with it, and it made me feel safer in a way.

After what had happened I didn't even want to think about being with anyone. Every night I had nightmares about that alpha who tried to hurt me. I could feel his disgusting hands touching me and I couldn't help but wake up crying, but Louis was always there for me. He had started doing little things to make me feel safer, he really thought that I wouldn't notice, but it was impossible not to notice his effort and his way of showing his affection. Like having two beta guards at the door and two others behind us every time that we left his room or those omegas that helped me to heal my wounds and to clean myself, because if I was honest, I did not feel comfortable even in the shower, even taking my things to his room so that I did not have to go out to my room for clothes.

I raised my eyes to be able to see his face. He had his eyes fixed straight ahead and a huge smile on his lips that immediately caused one to appear on mine.

"What are you thinking about?" He looked at me and placed a kiss on my forehead without stopping our walk.

"I'm thinking about you," he said happily, "I still can't believe we're here... that you're here with me after so long."

"Well, I've been here with you since August and you haven't taken your eyes off me." I teased, and a laugh escaped his lips.

"Hazz, I don't know what you're doing to me but you have me tied to you." I stopped and walked until I was in front of him.

Hazz... I could get used to that.

I took my hands to his neck and looked into his eyes. I swear that if I didn't have my feet on the ground I could lose myself in the ocean that he carried in his gaze. I leaned on my feet and kissed him. I felt how he had his hands on my waist with some hesitation while our lips moved as if they knew what they were doing, as if they had already met in another life.

My heart was pounding and for a few moments I felt like time stopped around us and a fire grew in my chest, I stroked his hair and he smiled.

"Wow." He said as we parted, then rested his forehead on mine and laughed. "I didn't expect that."

"Neither did I, but there's something about you that has me tied to you." I said, quoting his own words, and he placed a short kiss on my lips. He looked up at the sky and then at his watch.

"We should go back, your mother and Stella should be back in the house soon to leave."

We returned following the shortest path, Louis never let go of my hand, and my smile did not disappear. Fortunately we arrived at the same time as them. Niall kept saying how much he would miss my mom and that he would no doubt visit her as soon as he could.

"I'm going to call Zayn to let him know you're leaving," I commented and Louis frowned, "nothing's going to happen to me, I'm just going to his office and back with him and Liam. Don't worry." I kissed his cheek and walked away before he said anything else.

Getting to Zayn's office from the back door was a long way, the house was about the same size as a castle and the office was on the other side. I felt the watchful eyes of all the alphas around me, they were my co-workers in a way, and even though I didn't talk to them, I knew they never agreed to me taking the position Zayn gave me, and I was sure they would get worse now that it was known that I was an omega, they had more reason to hate me.

A few minutes later I finally made it to the office, but before I knocked I could hear some noise.

"Li..." My eyes widened at the sound of Zayn's voice.

Oh no. I turned around and ran back outside not believing what I had heard.

"It can't be, it can't be. Why me?" I whispered breathlessly as I walked through the door. Louis's gaze landed on me with noticeable confusion at not seeing Zayn or Liam with me.

"What happened? Are you okay? Where are Liam and Zayn?" He asked and put his hand on my shoulder.

"Yes, yes... eh... they're busy, they're not coming." I spoke quickly, trying to erase the mental image that had appeared in my head.

"How impolite of them, I hope your mother doesn't mind that they don't come to say goodbye."

"Of course not, nothing's wrong." I tried to catch my breath and went over to my mom to give her a hug.

"My puppy, I'm going to miss you a lot. I hope to see you soon, this goes for all you,take care of yourselves. I don't want anyone to hurt any of you again, I don't know what I would do if..." the tears didn't let her go on, I caressed her hair and kissed her cheek before leaning back a little.

"Don't worry about me, mom. I'll be fine, Louis and everyone here are going to take care of me," she kissed my cheek and nodded, "and Stella. Take care of her please. Don't let her overthink things too much."

"I'll do what I can, Hazzie." I hugged her and kissed her cheek.

"I'm going to miss you, a lot." I tried to control my tears but it was almost impossible.

"Thanks for everything, Jane. I hope to see you soon." Louis said as a goodbye.

"Take care of yourselves, and say goodbye to Zayn for us. I hope that boy leaves his job a little. Come visit us soon!" My mother got into a truck with Stella and they left the house. The only thing that comforted me was Louis' steady hand on my waist. His touch was warm even through the fabric of my shirt.

We entered the house in silence, Niall disappeared as soon as he could because according to him he didn't want to be present when we started being all sweet and gooey, which was a lie, Louis and I weren't gooey... we aren't, right?

"I have to go talk to Zayn about how rude it was not to say goodbye to your mother. What is she going to think of us?" Louis announced, starting to walk without letting go of my hand.

"Uh, I don't think you should do that. It's not necessary, my mother understands, Lou." He looked at me and gave me a huge smile with eyes sparkling at the nickname.

"Right now I want to kiss your cheeks until my lips drop because of that cute diminutive, but I have someone to scold right now," Louis mumbled, placing a kiss on my forehead, he immediately continued on his way. I hugged his body as best I could. "Hazz, I'll give you whatever hugs you want after I talk to Zayn."

"Do you remember that I told you I used to work in a bakery? I can make bread right now, even for dinner. What do you think?"

"That sounds lovely, Hazz, but we need to talk to Zayn first."

Between our small talk we reached the hallway where Zayn's office was. We could hear furniture moving. My face began to feel hot from the blush that was beginning to cover it, and Louis wouldn't stop.

"What the hell are they doing?" He asked as we approached, unfortunately for us, a couple of moans made him abruptly stop his steps "Oh..."

He gave me a funny look and immediately started walking away from the office. We definitely didn't need to listen to anyone doing anything at all.

"So... you said that you knew how to bake?" He said, we were now walking towards the kitchen. I let out a laugh and nodded.

We got to the kitchen, where several omegas and betas were cleaning and cooking some things for dinner. Louis asked them to go away to have some privacy, since it was very unromantic to try to have a moment with more people around.

I got the ingredients I needed out of the cupboard. I wanted to make one of the best-selling breads at the bakery, which had a delicious apple glaze on top. I felt my alpha's gaze on my back as I searched through the cupboards and the huge refrigerator. Once I made sure that no ingredient was missing, I put it all on the island.

"Tomlinson, are you ready to learn how to bake bread?" I asked with a touch of amusement in my voice, the alpha smiled and kissed my forehead.

"Show me your skills as a baker, Mr. Styles," he replied.

I began to arrange the ingredients to start making the bread. Louis just looked at me attentively while my hands were full of dough, and now everything seemed unfair. I couldn't get my hands dirty while he just looked at me. I finished kneading and a great idea came to my mind.

"Since you saw what I did. Why don't you help me by making a little more dough while I pour this on the tray?" I said interrupting his thoughts, Louis nodded with a smile and quickly kissed my lips.

"Whatever my precious omega commands." He answered, trying to do the same thing I had done before.

I started to make balls with the dough and placed them in the tray. By the time I put it in the oven I heard a huge noise behind me. I turned around, and the scene I found was worthy of a photograph. Louis was on the floor, with dough in all his clothes, hair and face. He looked at me as if trying to apologise.

"I don't know what happened," he said with mock surprise, "the dough went flying and I suddenly slipped."

I laughed and helped him up. I always knew he wasn't very good in the kitchen, but I never thought he would be that bad. He didn't waste a second and hugged me, sticking me to his body and filling me with dough as well.

"Louis Tomlinson, this was my favourite shirt!" I yelled in mock outrage, my pink pinstripe shirt was worth sacrificing if it meant he would hold me in his arms like this.

"I'll buy you as many as you want." He answered, hiding his head in my neck, sniffing where my scent came from. My omega purred with delight.

"Shall we make the frosting together?" I asked softly, he didn't take off from me at any time.

The butterflies in my stomach could tear my intestines from moving so much. Louis had his hand on mine when he was stirring the mixture, leaving soft kisses on my cheeks every so often. Everything felt like home as the smell of bread and cinnamon filled my nostrils, along with the smell of rain and the warmth of my alpha hugging me. This is the place where I want to be from now on.

"It smells delicious," he whispered in my ear, I smiled and kissed his lips, "but I think your smell is even more delicious. I could spend hours glued to your neck delighting in your scent."

I smiled even more, but I couldn't stop thoughts and insecurities from starting to fill my head, my corners dropped and Louis immediately detected that something was wrong due to my smell.

"Is something wrong, Hazz? Did I do something to bother you?"

"Lou... Would you fall in love with me even if I wasn't an omega?" I asked softly, Louis gave me a confused look and made me turn around to face him.

"Why do you ask, love?" He said looking me in the eyes, I looked away and bit my lower lip.

"You didn't notice me until it happened... all that, but you never looked at me differently, you never looked at me the way I've always seen you." I whispered softly, but the blue-eyed alpha lifted my head so that I could look him in the eye again.

"And how do you know that I never looked at you this way since I saw you in the garden of the house?" He answered softly "Although it is true that I stopped a bit because I thought you were beta, it was never because of you. I was educated in a way that I always thought that the ideal was to be with an omega, but believe me when I tell you that when I thought that I had lost you, what I regretted the most was that I stopped for something as stupid as that. I'm falling for you, Hazz, it's probably too fast, but when I hold you in my arms, then and now, everything feels right. You make everything feel like home.

Tears were already flooding my cheeks, I buried my face in his chest and wrapped my arms around his torso. I grew up expecting nothing from the alphas, starting with my father, and the fact that Louis told me all that filled my heart with love and joy. My omega jumped with happiness.

"Love, don't cry," he whispered, leaving a kiss on my hair, "if I told you all this it was so you would smile." He joked.

"Sorry I already ruined your shirt." I laughed and pulled away a bit, he wiped my tears with his thumbs and placed a little kiss on my nose.

"I love you because you're Harry, because your beautiful eyes looked at me first, and because you never gave up on me even though we started with the wrong foot. It doesn't matter if you're beta, omega or even alpha. I love Harry regardless of his inner wolf."

We melted into a beautiful kiss with the flavour of flour and the smell of cinnamon surrounding us. That's when I realised that Louis is the right one. He had been the right one since the very beginning.