"Niall" one of the kids shouted as he threw a ball at him, Niall turned around quickly and the ball hit him straight in the face.

"What is wrong with you?!" The nine year old alpha replied as he threw the ball back to the kid, with much more power, turned around and started walking off with a backpack and a tiny bag in his hands.

"Kids, please sit down. Your parents will be here in a second, and we need you all in the same place" said one of the camp managers, she was a green-eyed and curly haired beta. All the children obeyed the girl's words and sat down on small chairs.

The kids were playing and screaming from their seats, one by one, the parents started to arrive to pick their kids up, who smiled and waved goodbye to the new friends they made during summer. Niall looked anxiously at the entrance of the camp, waiting to see his parents entering hand in hand to go home, where the first thing he would do would be to play with his cat, Tom, he missed him so much.

The atmosphere began to turn tense when the news announced a big car accident due to a fight between mafias. One of the camp managers ran to where the other managers were watching the news on a small TV.

'A serious accident has just happened on the main street, two of the most feared mafias of the moment had a shootout, the total number of deaths and injuries among the same members of those mafias has not yet been recorded, but what we do know is that a black car crashed into a light pole causing the power of the entire street to go out after, in an attempt to flee, the driver of the vehicle tried to turn around but it ended up being fatal. The car was driven by a couple heading out of town, the victims were identified by police from the car's licence plates as Amelie and Robert Horan. We'll follow up with more updates when it's safer to investigate further.'

An alpha came out of the room almost running, his anxiety clearly noticeable on his scent, he took the list of names of the kids that were in the camp. Checked page by page, name by name, hoping not to find the last name he was looking for, but after a few seconds, he did. His eyes immediately went to the children playing and trying to be controlled by the curly-haired beta, more precisely, a smiling little alpha staring joyfully at the door. Many curious eyes were on him.

"Please tell me that those weren't the parents of one of these little guys" said an omega with anguish in her voice. The alpha nodded and looked at the children again.

A small beta was with his mother, and when he heard the news he let out a heartbreaking cry that made the other children approach the scene, curious about what had happened they began to scream and ask what had happened. Images of the smashed car and some blood were being broadcast on the TV.

Niall, who was still sitting, looked up to the mass of people, stood up and started walking towards them. He moved between the kids and adults to be able to see what they all were seeing.

He understood everything the second he saw what the news was showing .

That was his parents car, he could only tell because of the little sticker of his favourite cartoon on the back of that car.

Not even five minutes had gone by when a tall alpha, dressed in a blue suit and dark sunglasses, entered the room, looking for one of the managers of the camp. When he finally spotted one, he walked directly to him.

"Is the kid Niall James Horan here?" the alpha asked. The coordinator bit his lower lip as he pointed at the little blue-eyed boy, still standing in front of the television, his eyes were wide open but no tears were falling, Niall had no idea what he was feeling at that moment, it could be anyone, right? They all had the same sticker... It couldn't be true.

The alpha touched the little boy's shoulder, who, alarmed, turned up to look at the man in the suit, his little eyes already full of tears.

"Niall Horan?" he nodded, with his eyes full of tears and his lower lip trembling. "I am agent Peters, you have to come with me, I am sorry to announce that your parents died in a car accident."

The kid took the man's hand and followed him outside the building, all the kids and parents were looking with sadness floating in the air. Niall didn't let a single tear down until he was sitting in the car that would take him to the police station, the officers in the front seats didn't say a word to him, Peters gave him a lollipop and the road was silent.

In just a few hours his life changed completely, it won't be his mothers voice that woke him up rom now on, he won't eat that delicious meat tart that his father learned to prepare just because it was his favourite meal, and his cat, Tom, will be so sad waiting for him to come home; he hoped that he would find a way out and find a family who loves him as much as he did. He didn't get the chance to say goodbye or tell them how much he loved them.

Reality didn't totally hitted him until he was informed that he will be sent to a place where more kids like him lived. Orphans.

His life seemed to be going downhill each day, everyday he used to eat alone in the restrooms, he cried every night wishing that he had the opportunity to say goodbye to his parents, until one monday, two kids went into the restrooms, talking about how disgusting the soup looked. They heard soft sobs coming from behind one door and, the one he could identify as alpha, took the word.

"Is someone in here?" he asked, and Niall covered his mouth, not wanting to be found, he didn't need kids bothering him for being a sensitive alpha.

"My name is Zayn" said the alpha's friend, an omega, with a gentle voice "we won't hurt you. Are you okay? Are you hurt?"

The alpha kicked open the bathroom door, discovering a scared boy sitting on the toilet, with a bowl of soup on his lap and a glass of water in his right hand, his eyes brimming with tears.

"Are you okay? Did someone hurt you?" asked the blue-eyed boy, who was looking at him worriedly "My name is Louis" he slowly got closer to the blond boy, not wanting to scare him, he also identified him as an alpha "Why are you here? Why are you eating alone?" Niall looked at his hands and left out a sigh.

"I... I don't know anyone and..."

"Well, now you know us" Zayn interrupted happily and stretched out his hand to Niall, who left the glass on the ground and shook it.

"Now we can all eat together, at a table, when you want" Louis said while looking around "Because, if I'm being honest, I don't think it is completely sanitary to eat in a toilet."

Niall laughed at that comment, that was the first time that he had truthfully smiled since he got there, since he lost his family.

Some weeks went by, and the three kids were becoming inseparable, they started to eat together, they even had a different menu than the rest of the kids. Zayn said this was because his father didn't like the idea of him eating that school food, they even managed to sleep in the same room. For Louis and Niall, it was a total mystery how Zayn managed to have all those things done in the boarding school, but they thought it was better not to ask. Until the winter vacations started and a really, really, expensive car went to pick Zayn up.

"Wow. This is your parent's car?" Niall asked, amazed by the car, they had followed Zayn to the parking lot to say goodbye there.

"Yup" Zayn replied smiling.

"What do they work in?" Louis said without looking away from the car.

"You can stay in my house for the festivities, I'll tell you then" the omega tried to persuade them, he had been trying, for a long time already, to invite them to his house. But they always turned down the petition because they thought the school's principal wouldn't let them.

"I don't think they will let us out of here, Zee, even if you ask for it." Louis murmured, not so convinced, Niall nodded in agreement.

"Of course they will, I'm gonna call my father so he lets the principal know you two will be coming with me." he took his phone with one hand and with the other he called the chofer "Hugo, can you wait for us? Just for a second, we have last minute guests"

"As you say, mister Malik"

The chofer waited in the car while they went for the things of two alphas, excited to spend the festivities with the Malik's. And who knows, maybe that winter would change their lives, one new life would be given to them and a family will greet them with open arms.

Mister Malik was nice, he welcomed them to his home with a big smile, his wife always by his side, they showed them the house and gave them rooms, near Zayn's, so they could be together.

They showed them about the business, making them promise not to tell anyone about it, they were pretty into it for mister Malik's surprise, and that couldn't have made Zayn happier.

"Father, what if we bring them here permanently?" the omega begged to his father, who apparently was thinking about it "They can have classes with me, even help me when I become the boss"

He smiled at the idea of his son, because really the little alphas had been impressed and very interested in what was happening in that house, and with that thought, and his son being so insistent, he ended up nodding.

"I will talk to the principal , let's see what we can do." promised the alpha, gaining the sweetest smiles from the children, along with a small hug from them. Now Niall and Louis had a family, The Malik's, and they couldn't be happier.

A few days had passed since the kids arrived at the house, playing around and screaming all day long, bringing joy just in time for Christmas holidays.

Zayn's mother was a sweet omega who was always taking care of the children, the same as another omega called Barbara, they made those young alphas feel at home, they even took them to visit their huge white roses garden. The Malik's mansion was located over a hill, it was a huge old-looking house, it was like a castle. By its side, separated by a river, there was a marvellous forest that separated them from society, just to make the house safer.

One afternoon the children were playing with the snow that had begun to fall in the morning, running from one side to another while chasing the dogs that Zayn's father had. Some guards were looking after them while Zayn's mother took care of some business things, she has always been pretty consistent with her work, it wasn't an easy job to be the mafia's boss' wife, she took care of all the problems her husband didn't have time for, and she also had to attend to all the meetings among many other things.

"Son," Zayn's father asked as he walked towards the boys. "I need you to come with me, we have to talk about what you asked me to do" Zayn nodded, said goodbye to his friends and followed his father.

They entered the house and walked to the second floor, where mister's Malik office was. A guard opened the door for them to get in and take a seat.

"What happened, father?" Zayn asked, cheeks bright red because of how cold the weather was outside, and made him look adorable in his father's eyes.

"I got what you asked for, I have officially adopted your friends." he started "They will keep their last names, because we don't share blood and they can't take ours."

"Thank you so much, you have no idea how happy you just made me." he blurted out, and gave a huge hug to the alpha, who accepted it for a few seconds before grabbing his son by the shoulders, to be able to look at him.

"But that is not all," he added, with a serious voice. He sat on his desk, opened a drawer and took out a black bracelet that had a tiny crystal bottle attached to it. "You know what we do here, but I've never had the chance to actually explain to you all of these things we do. Do you want to learn about all of these?" Zayn nodded with a smile on his face, curiosity running in his veins. "Our last name is famous in the streets of all the United Kingdom, Spain, Russia, France, Germany, Italy, and many other countries." He stood up and walked until he was standing by Zayn's side. "All of that is because of what's inside this tiny bottle. Do you know what it is that we have here?"

"No, father." He replied, and Kasper smiled.

"This is our product, everything we are, it is the reason for our wealth and power here," He took Zayn's arm and tied the bracelet. " s a gift I have been willing to give you since the day you were born."

Zayn's eyes shined as soon as he saw that precious bracelet in his wrist, and he hugged and left a little kiss on his fathers cheek as a thank you.

"I need you to take care of it because it is very important for me. "Zayn nodded and his father sat back down. "Now, what is filling this bottle is alpha's essence."

He placed a bigger crystal bottle on his desk and Zayn looked at it curiously. He could notice a strong scent that came from the liquid, at first he thought it was his father's, but it wasn't, it was a different aroma, a mixture of roses and something else, something that attracted him but he didn't know how to describe it properly.

"We sell this. Whoever uses it starts having an alpha-like scent, and this is very important for you. Do you know the reason?" The young man shook his head in confusion "Because a great empire like this one, requires an alpha to manage it, and you, my little boy, are not an alpha." A dull landed on Zayn's eyes, his father always reminded him that being a male omega was nothing to be proud of, that it was just something that he was born with and he had to overcome it.

"So I won't be the successor to your empire?" he asked with a broken voice, full of disappointment.

"The thing is that you have to be my successor because your mother and I can't have other children, added to the fact that you are a really good successor, so we need you to make a little... change." Zayn frowned in confusion "You are going to start to drink some infusions with some drops of this beverage, Barbara will give them to you everyday and when you go back to boarding school I'll make sure you also receive them there. Your scent will change drastically, and it might be a little annoying for you at the beginning , but with time it will merge with your own scent."

"Will I turn into an alpha?" his father shook his head and laughed.

"Of course not, Zayn, only your scent will change, it just won't be as sweet as it is, you will have a stronger scent, more intense " Zayn nodded and took the small bottle in his hands.

"Will my scent be like Louis and Niall's?" his father nodded.

"They will also notice the change in your scent, you can tell them that it is necessary so that you can take a place as the boss of the business."

"Will they be part of the business once I get in charge of it?"

"Yes, they will. They, being alphas, could help you to sometimes change your omega behaviour when needed, you can learn from them, from the guards, from... from me." Zayn smiled ''Okay, I want you to keep this a secret. You can only tell your friends, no one else"

"Not even mom?" He asked

"Not even mom." He repeated "Now go and play with your friends, I want you to get ready for dinner in a moment." Zayn nodded and stood up, he then walked out of his father's office.