The plane landed in New York City in the morning, Niall was surrounded by at least five bodyguards that Liam had insisted on accompanying him. Even if they knew that no one would dare to do anything to him after Killian's death, it didn't hurt to keep the security. He would spend a whole month trying to solve the problems that had arisen with the Calder mafia. He would have to make sure that everyone knew who was in charge now, in addition to taking an inventory of all the merchandise, making a list of all the properties that belonged to the Calders, and ensure that all the territory that now was under Icarus Rose's command keep in contact with the main house in London.

The hardest thing about that part was getting families out of their homes, but it was a matter of honour, and he couldn't change the rules that were already established so many years ago. He went to Calder's house, he had heard somewhere that it was huge, not as big as his home but still. He had to talk to Killian's wife, if she was still alive, and he would send her to some smaller estate or maybe help her get by with another identity, it all depended on how he saw the situation. They drove for about two hours due to the traffic of the big city. It was not the first time that Niall had been to New York, but it was the first time that he had gone for such big business, although what kept his mind clear was knowing that he could enjoy the delicious food of the city.

"We're here, Mr. Horan." The alpha, who was behind the wheel, spoke. The car stopped in front of a beautiful property. It was huge, as he was told, considering that most houses in New York were small, the blond nodded and another alpha who accompanied him got out of the car and then opened the door.

"What are you doing here? You haven't been allowed to access this place." A man spoke, one of the alphas took out his gun and shot him avoiding drawing too much attention. They walked to the front door of the house and rang the bell. Niall was in the middle of the men, two behind him and two in front, while the driver had stayed in the car in case an emergency exit was necessary.

The door opened after a few seconds. An elderly omega froze at the sight of the alphas, knowing full well what was about to happen, and wordlessly stepped aside and let them in. Niall kept his gaze straight ahead, he was wearing one of his favourite pale pink suits and a white t-shirt, he always liked to wear bright coloured suits as he said they went with his personality.

"I'll call Mrs. Calder." The omega said and left the place. The alphas watched the perimeter to make sure everything was in order, the house staff avoiding making eye contact with the blond, who calmly observed the decorations that brought the room to life. An omega appeared in front of them, wearing a short black dress and blonde hair, she was quite pretty.

"Good morning gentlemen. Can I help you with something?" She asked once she was in front of them, her gaze fixed on Niall who smiled at her sideways.

"Are you Killian Calder's wife?" The expression of the woman changed when hearing the name of her late husband, a gesture that answered Niall's question. "I would like to speak with you about the future of this place. I am Mr. Horan, one of the three crowns of Icarus Rose."

Fear filled the woman's mind, but she nodded and motioned for Niall to go into one of the house's offices so they could have a more private conversation. They both entered as well as one of the blond's bodyguards, and once the door was closed they started the conversation.

"You're the ones who killed Killian, right?" Niall smiled and nodded.

"The Calders have always been a pain in the ass for us. I doubt he hasn't shared with you the grandiose story of the death of Killian's father and my own father, Mr. Malik at least ten years ago." The omega tilted her head and frowned.

"I haven't heard anything about that. Killian always tried to keep me and our children out of the business, and I'm aware that that doesn't clean the blood on our hands, but I'm completely oblivious to mafia problems."

"Really?" He asked incredulously and the omega remained firm. "Then let me tell you about the family history." He settled in the chair and crossed his legs. "The Calders always wanted to enlarge their business. They wanted to leave America to increase profits, and they wanted to steal the formula of our merchandise to use it in their favour. That ambition led to the conflict between both crowns of our mafias at first, but they kidnapped the omega of my... of Mr. Tomlinson, you know, the second crown of Icarus Rose, and that it cost your husband his life, but it served as a lesson for all, they must not try to steal the rose without hoping that the thorns will not get in their way."

The omega's eyes widened in surprise and tears began to threaten to spill out. The alpha sighed and walked over to the woman, took her hands over the desk and looked into her eyes.

"But we're not like your late husband." He spoke in a soft voice. "I can help you get out of here, start a normal life away from all this. You just have to promise me that you won't do anything to get in our way. If you don't do as I say, you'll have to pay the consequences."

"How will you do that?" She asked between sobs.

"We will change your name. We will give you a past and if you like we will accommodate you in a job. You will not have to worry about money since I must assume that Killian left a pretty decent inheritance for you and the kids. We will get you a house, and this will be like a simple nightmare."

A few minutes passed in silence while the woman tried to calm down and thought about Niall's proposal, and when the tears finally stopped falling down her face she nodded.

"Well, I really appreciate it." Niall nodded and stood up.

"You will have until tomorrow afternoon for your belongings to be packed, and after that you can forget about this whole situation, although we will keep an eye on you, just to make sure."

Niall left the office accompanied by his bodyguard and finally left the house. The first part was ready.

The alpha decided to go try that Italian restaurant he saw when he was on his way to what used to be Calder's house. It was curious how Killian hadn't bitten his wife. He probably had more omegas around, but Niall didn't give him too much thought. He would help this woman, her children and forget about it.

He entered the restaurant and sat at one of the tables in the back, checking the messages on his cell phone. He ordered what he was going to eat. It was definitely more fun to eat with Harry after work, but he would have to get used to it. Louis would not even let him go back to his job out of fear, but he could always invite the two of them. He wrote it down on the list of things he would do once he was back in London, as a priority.

And speaking of the devil, he had received a message from a certain curly omega just a minute ago, claiming to call him on facetime as soon as he could, because he had something to tell him. Niall didn't wait or think another minute before pressing the call button.

"Let me see that bite, Curly." He demanded excitedly. What else could it be?

"What? There is no bite yet, Niall." Answered the confused omega, but with a small smile on his face. "Something else interesting just happened, and Zayn told me not to tell Louis yet, but he didn't say anything about not telling you."

"You're pregnant." He screeched excitedly, Harry rolled his eyes and laughed.

"Not exactly me, but you're close..."

The alpha opened his eyes in surprise and brought his hand to his mouth in shock, causing the sound of the blow to hit his skin to be heard throughout the restaurant and the diners to look at him curiously.

"Zayn is pregnant?" He asked and Harry nodded excitedly. "How? Don't... Don't answer that, I prefer not to know. When? Does Liam know? Can I text him to make fun of him for being the first to have puppies?"

"What? No, he doesn't know yet. I don't know when Zayn is going to tell him. It was just a few minutes ago that we asked Barbara for a pregnancy test and Zayn is doing it right now. Can you believe it? A puppy in the house? Zayn said that I can be Uncle Harry."

"Who are you talking to, Harry?" It was heard in the background, after a few seconds Zayn appeared on the screen. "You're such a gossip. What did I tell you?"

"That I couldn't tell Louis, but it's Niall, see?"

Zayn sighed and greeted Niall, they waited a few minutes for the test to be ready.

"Okay guys, I think I'm going to retire. My food is here, but keep me posted, okay? I'll buy some tinny clothes for my nephew or niece." He said goodbye to the omegas and cut off the communication. A waiter put the plate in front of him and left.

Niall began to eat in silence, thinking about everything that was about to happen. A new member of the family not only represented changing diapers and repainting walls when they decided that it was better to draw on it with their crayons instead of doing it on paper, it represented introducing the new successor to the most powerful and dangerous crowns of many mafia once the three crowns died or retired, almost always the first. The problem was that nobody knew that Zayn was an omega, and Harry was pending to be introduced as Louis's omega. There were so many things and Niall was only interested in the delicious smell that emanated from the plate in front of him.

The door of the restaurant opened and a brown, curly-haired and honey-coloured eyes omega entered through it, with an air of superiority and dressed in a sky blue sweater, black jeans and boots of the same colour. He was accompanied by two other omegas and a beta, and behind them two men dressed entirely in black, were laughing and calling the other customers to look at them. Some omegas were jealous of how good the boy in the blue sweater looked, some alphas hoped to talk to him, and a few people were more annoyed by the scandal he made when entering.

The food ceased to be relevant to Niall, who only had eyes for that marked jaw and smug expression. Should I talk to him? Would he be impressed if I told him about all the properties I have under my name? He was probably the son of someone powerful, judging by all the security he carried with him. Then a Canadian accent reached his ears and he was even more hooked, if that was possible. Was it possible for someone to have a sweeter voice than that omega? Niall thought it was impossible.

He left a few bills on the table once he finished eating and approached the omega's table. Who was excited telling some anecdote to his friends. He was willing to talk to him.

"So the idiot alpha thought that just because my father agreed to take me out to dinner I was willing to go home with him, can you believe it?" His friends laughed at the omega's grimace of disgust, until they noticed the presence of a certain alpha in a pink suit. He looked at him disdainfully over his shoulder "Can I help you with something?"

"Oh, I was just... wondering if..."

"Don't waste my time. Okay, little alpha? Get to the point, I'm in the middle of a conversation with my friends." The omega cut his words with a scathing expression, and that only made something inside Niall stir. He liked his attitude.

"I came to ask what your name is, I have been seeing you..."

"For a while and you caught my attention, you are a very nice omega." He interrupted again and his companions burst out laughing, the omega smirked. "I already know that speech, honey. Don't you have something better?"

"I like your attitude." The alpha held out his hand. "My name is Niall Horan, nice to meet you."

"Hmm, I don't tell strangers my name, but nice to meet you. Would you mind leaving? This is an important meeting."

Niall smiled more widely and put his hands in his pockets, his heart pounding at that cocky little smile. He leaned a little towards the omega and the smell of honey and cookies flooded his senses.

"Would you ever go out with me? I'll be around for a couple of weeks." Niall said, ignoring the omega's last comment.

"Let me think about it for a moment." Said the omega with the most delicious smell Niall has ever smelled, taking his right hand to his chin pretending to think and taking his glass of water with his left. "I think the answer is a solid no."

And before the blond could say anything else, he felt the contents of the glass being emptied on him. His favourite suit was soaked wet, and all the customers were looking at them with mocking eyes, some older people muttering things like insolent omega. How come he can disrespect an alpha like that?"

But Niall smiled despite feeling humiliated, and gave the omega one last amused look before saying a few last words.

"You actually have no idea of who I am, right?" He blurted out without a hint of malice or intent to intimidate, just in an amused tone. He was having fun.

"Should I know you?" The omega asked without much interest, Niall laughed.

"See you later, omega." The blond left the premises with a smile, leaving the omega more than confused.

Who was that alpha, and why was he so handsome? He decided not to give it so much importance and continue talking to his friends as if nothing had happened, but that stubborn blue gaze definitely wouldn't go away so fast.

While Niall was in the car on the way to the house where he was staying, he made a note to investigate the precious honey-smelling omega, just after eating with Louis and Harry.

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The wait caused the tension in the room to increase. Zayn's nausea had diminished a bit but had turned into a headache. Harry for his part was walking from one side to the other in the room anxious to know if he would be an uncle, although with every second that passed the worries that Zayn had also came to him. What if they kicked him out of the mafia for being an omega? What if the baby wasn't an alpha?

"It's ready." Barbara announced as she left the bathroom where they had left the test, both omegas approached her with fear in her eyes.

"You watch first, Harry. I don't think I'll be able to handle the news right now." Zayn said and Harry nodded, taking the test in his hands.

If there were two lines, it was positive, if there was one, it was negative. It was a simple logic, now he just had to get the strength to actually see the test. The omega swallowed hard trying to pass the knot that had formed in his chest, took a deep breath and looked.

"What does it say?" Zayn asked impatiently. A huge grin spread across the curly-haired boy's face and he showed Zayn the test before he started jumping around the room yelling happily. "This can't be true!" He whispered with tears falling down his cheeks and a huge smile lit up his face.

He was going to be a father.

"Congratulations!" Harry hugged him and gave him a huge kiss on the forehead, "Zayn, I don't want you to worry about anything. I'm going to help you with the work and I promise that everything will be fine." He assured as he wiped Zayn's tears with his thumbs.

Barbara approached the omega and hugged him tightly. A trail of tears became more and more visible on the woman's face. She was happy to see her little Zayn at that moment, but most of all she was grateful to be able to be part of that unexpected news that brought a pinch of hope and light to the whole house.

"We have to tell Liam. He's going to be very happy when he finds out." Harry said happily, Zayn smiled and nodded, knowing perfectly well that Liam was feeling his happiness at that moment.

They didn't take more than five minutes to go call the alpha, who was in his office organising some papers with two other men. Harry asked the alpha to follow him, trying as much as he could to hide his emotion, for he didn't want to attract the attention of the staff.

"What happened, Harry? Is Zayn okay?" He asked with some concern, and Harry smiled and shook his head.

"He's great, just wait so he can tell you." The two entered the room, meeting Zayn, who was looking out the window. Barbara was no longer with him so Harry thought it would be a good idea to let them enjoy the moment alone.

The alpha closed the door after the green-eyed man left and approached his omega. He could feel a certain calm in the environment and that made him smile. He wrapped his arms around Zayn's waist and rested his head on his shoulders before placing a soft kiss on his neck.

"Is everything alright, honey?" He asked calmly and Zayn smiled. He had been trying to calm down. He didn't want to cry in front of Liam, much less in a moment as happy as that, but it was impossible for him not to drop a few drops of that salty liquid.

"Have you ever thought about having kids?" Liam stood up and turned Zayn around so he could look him in the eye.

"Many times, yes." He wiped his omega's cheeks and kissed him. "Beautiful puppies with your eyes, your lips, your nose." Zayn laughed and looked down.

"And what if they had your eyes, or your lips, or your nose?" The alpha chuckled and kissed him again.

"I would continue to love them with all my being." The omega rested his head on Liam's chest and made him walk to the bed. Liam laughed thinking about what Zayn was doing. "Do you want us to create a child now?" He asked playfully and Zayn let out a laugh.

Once Liam was sitting on the edge of the mattress, Zayn walked into the bathroom and took the test in his hands again, and when he thought his smile couldn't get any bigger, it happened. He hid the test by putting his hands behind his back and walked back to Liam who looked up to see him.

"That won't be necessary." The alpha frowned and Zayn showed him the test.

"Are you serious?" He asked standing up and Zayn nodded quickly, feeling the tears falling harder down his face.

Liam lifted him into the air and began to spin around as he hugged him tightly and kissed his lips.

"I can't believe it!" He said happily while more tears fell down his cheeks. "We are going to have a puppy. You have a baby inside you... a baby... my baby. You have made me the happiest alpha in the world."

He kissed him over and over again before kneeling until he was level with the omega's abdomen, deposited a kiss and rested his forehead on it.

"You're going to be the most loved little baby in the world. You know that?" He whispered. Zayn laughed knowing his child probably hadn't even started to form yet, but he wasn't about to take Liam's moment away from him.

The alpha looked up with a huge smile on his face and adjusted so that he was down on one knee, took both hands from the omega and kissed them.

"I don't want to do this the wrong way," he started earning a confused look from Zayn, "you know I've loved you since I first saw you. When I walked into your room that afternoon and saw you so small and delicate in a giant crib. Your parents and mine were waiting anxiously to see how we reacted towards each other. My first memory is seeing your eyes open for the first time and you taking my finger in your hands. I always told you that you were my omega and that I would spend the rest of my days by your side, and I was sure about that."

His words came out with happiness while tears fell from his eyes. Zayn didn't understand what was happening but something inside him assured him that everything would be fine if he was with Liam.

"And now you're going to give me a little baby that I swear I'm going to protect with my life, and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure he's okay..."

"I know, Li." The omega interrupted.

"I didn't get a chance to ask your parents first, and none of your siblings are home right now, but with Barbara's blessing..." He pulled a small ring Zayn had given him when they were younger, and that he always carried with him.

"Li, here." little Zayn gave him a bag, "It's a promise."

"What is it?" he asked as he opened that little bag, but Zayn stopped him.

"A promise, I already told you. Don't open it until you're alone and promise that you'll always carry it with you." The little alpha nodded and hugged his omega.

"I promise."

"I was waiting for the perfect moment to ask you this, but I realised that you can't wait for the moment to come. I realised that when I'm with you it's perfect, and that we are the ones who make the moment happen, who make it perfect, so..." He showed him the small ring, it was shaped like a rose with a red diamond, it was too small to fit Zayn, but that wasn't what mattered but the sentimental value that both had to that little ring, to that little promise they had made. "Zayn Javadd Malik, by your side I feel that I am the owner of the sky and the stars. I feel that I lack nothing because with you I have everything and more. Would you do me the honour of being your husband?"

Everything stopped for a second, it was really happening. The omega smiled and without saying anything he walked away from Liam, walked to one of the drawers in his closet and took out a small black box. He went back to Liam and knelt down too, looked into his eyes and opened the little box, revealing that skull-shaped ring that had been stolen from that building in the middle of the night so many years ago. Liam let out a laugh and hugged Zayn.

"That is a yes?" He asked.

"That's a thank you." He approached his lips and kissed him lovingly. "That... That is a yes."

Zayn put the ring on Liam's ring finger and they both stood up.

"I love you. Do you know that?"

"I love you even more."

Harry ran down the hall to his room, he had to break the news to Louis. He couldn't take another minute without telling his alpha, they would say it at dinner anyway, and try to have a facetime with Niall to tell him. The omega opened the door to find his alpha pulling his pyjamas out of the closet, humming a tune Harry didn't know.

"Lou, Lou, Lou." Harry exclaimed excitedly, Louis looked at him with a huge smile and extended his arms to wrap the omega with them. The curly one didn't even think about it and threw himself into his arms.

"What happened, Hazz? Why are you so excited?" Asked the alpha kissing Harry's head.

"Guess what happened?"

"Oh no, you already sound like Niall. Did you talk to him today?" Said Louis mockingly, Harry punched him lightly in the stomach and laughed.

"Could be, but that's not important. Something happened in the house and Zayn told me not to tell you, but since he already told Liam. Well, I can tell you."

"I'm not understanding," Louis laughed at how quickly the omega spoke, leading him to the bed and they sat there. "Tell me what happened, darling." He encouraged fondly, caressing Harry's flushed cheek at the new nickname.

"Someone in the house is pregnant."

"Is this some kind of hint for me to put my puppies inside you, Hazz?" Louis asked, but Harry shook his head.

"Focus, Lou. We'll talk about that later, but since you don't connect those two neurons you have, I'll tell you." Harry took a deep breath and let out the following in a small scream, just so it could only be heard in the room. "ZAYN IS PREGNANT!"

"Zayn is what?!" Louis had to hold on to keep from falling off the bed.

"We are going to be uncles, Louis. Zayn told me I can be Uncle Harry!"

"That's beautiful, darling." Louis kissed his omega's cheek. "Now, how did he get pregnant? Don't answer that. Why didn't they tell me about this? Is that why he seemed to be sick?"

"That's right, and we didn't tell you because he wasn't sure, but he already told Liam. Can you believe there's going to be a puppy running around the house?"

"There's so much to do, reveal things, introduce you to the other mafia crowns." Louis muttered and Harry scowled at him.

"Are you listening to me, Tomlinson?"

"Of course, pretty boy. But we need to start with the preparations to announce it here in the house. Zayn will no longer be able to pass as an alpha, the pregnancy hormones dissolve the alpha essence faster, plus it can be dangerous for him and the baby if he keeps drinking the essence."

"Can we leave that for later and better talk about the fact that there is going to be a new member of the family? Lou, we have to give him the best gift that baby will ever receive. I bet Niall is already looking for baby toys. We can't let him beat us."

"Whatever my omega wants, but why don't we talk about our puppies we're having instead of Liam and Zayn's puppy?" Harry's cheeks flushed furiously and a smile broke out, exposing his dimples.

"It's too early to talk about puppies, Lou, but I definitely want one of yours. How about your eyes and my curls?"

"They are going to be the most beautiful puppies in the world. Even more so if they look like you." Louis assured and kissed his omega.

They already felt like a family, and now with a new member on the way the house would be filled with joy.

At dinner time everyone sat in the dining room, this time even Barbara was at the table. The computer was arranged in such a way that Niall could see everyone through the screen, he already knew the reason for why everyone had a big smile on their faces, but he waited to let them break the news to him.

"Why are you wet, honey?" Barbara asked, noticing Niall's suit still wet, the blond laughed and made a sign that it didn't matter.

"An incident with a glass of water from a very nice Canadian omega, but never mind. Are you going to share with me what it is that has everyone so smiling?"

"Well, Ni. Liam and I have some important news." Zayn began, no one could take the smile off his face.

"Zayn is pregnant. We are going to have a puppy." Liam said with a beautiful sparkle in his eyes and a beaming smile on his face. Niall screamed with emotion and the others got up to hug the couple.

"Then I must bring gifts to my nephew or niece. Can I move the date of return?"

"Actually, as soon as you are done with all the things there, you should return. We must announce the new heir or heiress as soon as possible. I can't consume much alpha essence."

"I'll be there next week, okay?"

After agreeing with Niall, they continued to have dinner normally, still with the blond on the computer. It felt strange not to be all present, but they felt good. Everything was going well.

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HAPPY LATE BIRDTHAY ZAYN! Yesterday our sunshine celebrated his 30th birdthay. I will be posting an extra chapter in a few minutes.x 

-Just A Girl