The corridors of the house were empty for the first time in a while. The chocolate-eyed alpha walked to the backdoor to join all the guards who were waiting impatiently near the stables.

It was Monday morning and the cold of December was beginning to hit the last weeks of November, the snow threatened to fall any day but that was not going to prevent the training that Liam had planned throughout the week from taking longer.

"Good morning everyone," he greeted the guards as he approached without looking up from his notebook, "as you may already know..." He looked up and met the gaze of an omega with curly hair. "Harry... What are you doing here? Where is Louis?"

He looked around, looking for the alpha who seemed nowhere near them. Harry rolled his eyes and sighed.

"I don't need Louis for everything, besides, it's mandatory training for all security." He said with a firm voice. Liam laughed and walked over to him, putting his arm around the omega's shoulders and leaning close to his ear.

"But I'm not going to fire you, Harry." He whispered with a smile and walked away from him under the watchful eyes of the other alphas. "So I was telling you that I've been planning this training because of the events that have happened."

Liam began to walk in front of each alpha, analysing them with a threatening gaze. They all kept their eyes fixed straight ahead and their backs rigid. Liam had always been feared by the employees of the house, although he was a good man, he tried to show another side of him in the eyes of others so that they would understand that he was in a higher position and they should respect him, in addition to the obvious fact that he was the boss's alpha, although nobody knew it.

"Let's start with a simple warm-up. I want you to run ten laps around the garden, follow the path to the forest and continue." He ordered and they all started running.

Harry started to hear a few chuckles as Liam walked away from him, trying to ignore them and keep up with the pace he had set when he started running, but it got harder as Bristol and his entourage of moron alpha moved closer to him.

"Really? Mr. Payne is also in your nets?" Bristol crooned before whistling, Harry rolled his eyes and quickened his pace.

"Come on Styles. Are you so ashamed of being their bitch?" Shouted another alpha and the others began to laugh out loud. Harry's eyes began to fill with tears, he had begun to have memories of the many insults he had heard while he was kidnapped by the other mafia. However, he preferred not to say anything and continued with his training.

"I can almost hear what you're going to do to Mr. Tomlinson to stay in the house. Do you also sleep with Mr. Horan? Mr. Malik? That's probably why he keeps you stuck in his office. You are Icarus Rose's little slut."

He wiped the tears that threatened to fall down his cheeks, already making it difficult for him to see, Liam realised that something was wrong and began to subtly approach. But Harry stumbled and fell to his knees, right in front of Bristol and company, who soon began to laugh at the omega.

"Hey! What are you looking at? You're supposed to be warming up, not chatting or laughing at each other. MOVE ON!" Liam yelled, and they instantly quickened their pace, leaving Harry on the ground and with tears in his eyes. Liam held out his hand to help him up. "Everything okay, Harry?"

"Yes, everything is in order. I didn't notice that there was such a big stone in front of me." He answered, trying to hide the desire to cry. He took Liam's help and got up. "Thank you."

He smiled and walked away, now jogging and looking better at the road. The alpha frowned and preferred to follow them closely, because he knew perfectly well that something was not right, and of course he found that the other alphas were making noises and unpleasant comments towards Harry, who was trying to evade them. He knew that he had to do something, and he had to make sure that those alphas knew their place.

They finished the laps and went to the same starting point, and Liam stood in front of everyone with a more serious expression than usual. If there was something he disliked it was that omegas were treated as less when he knew perfectly well that they were equal or even more capable than many alphas. His omega, one of the biggest and most important mafia crowns, was the living proof of that.

"Okay, I think it's time for the real training." He spoke walking back and forth, the same little group still laughing at Harry, who was standing in the second row trying to ignore them. "I'm going to put you in pairs and you're going to pretend it's someone who broke into the house, got it? I don't want you to show them any mercy. This is going to be a fist to fist fight since you won't always have the opportunity to draw your weapon.

He looked at Harry and nodded, making the pairs and arranging them, leaving the curly omega in the front row, where he was in full view of everyone, strategically putting Bristol as his partner. He signalled for the fight to start, and the punches began.

Both guards looked into each other's eyes, Harry had not hit him yet, but he had dodged Bristol's fists with agility. He knew perfectly well how to defend himself against people taller and bigger than him and the training he had received at the academy had prepared him to have even more work done. He started by attacking from under him, strikes he knew could take the air out of his opponent, keeping his fists clenched and protecting himself with his forearms. In a quick move the alpha grabbed him by hugging him from behind but Harry freed himself by elbowing him hard in the stomach knocking the air out of his lungs and proceeded to hit him in more sensitive areas, throwing punches at the neck, ribs and armpits, but finally kicked him in the chest and in the crotch with great force, almost as if he was discharging all his anger against him. In his mind the only thing rounding were all the faces of the alphas who had begun to insult him and those bruises that were left behind from his former partner when he got upset. They all stopped fighting as the alpha let out a piercing cry of pain, curling into a foetal position. They all looked at the omega, and the only sign that he had been in a fight was the sweat on his forehead and his dishevelled hair. Liam smiled with satisfaction, that was just what he expected to happen.

"Do you see Mr. Bristol lying here?" Payne began to say, everyone nodded. "Well, you can see that his partner is Mr. Styles. Are we on the same page? Regardless of what happens between Mr. Tomlinson and Styles in private, that does not mean that we have a preference for him. Yes, he is an omega, but that does not mean that he is weak or less than you. If he is where he is, it is thanks to his skills to fight and defend two of the three crowns of Icarus Rose. So if I hear any other nasty comments towards him, consider yourselves dead, because I will not tolerate such an unprofessional attitude from the security staff. Is that clear?" His voice was loud and clear, it had a monotone tone that made the information sound important, maybe he used a little of his alpha voice, but no-one knows that.

They all nodded frantically and went back to their normal formation, looking at each other nervously as some nursing people carried Bristol away on a stretcher. Harry couldn't help but smile as a thank you to Liam.

"Okay, that's all for today, the people I'm going to mention next stay to... resolve a few issues. The rest of you can leave."

Liam started to mention names that he had on a separate list, the ones he suspected might have been involved in the situation from days before. By the time everyone had left and it was just them, Harry walked up to Liam and gave him a hug.

"Thank you very much for that, Liam. You shouldn't have." He said, still surrounding the alpha in his arms. He smiled and returned the gesture.

"It's nothing, Harry. You're practically part of the family now. Now go to Louis because I already saw him standing over there looking at us like he wanted to kill me." Liam said in a little laugh.

Harry nodded and ran to his alpha, still smiling. He threw himself into his arms and hid his face in his neck, Louis smirked.

"I felt how you slipped out of my arms early in the morning." He murmured gracefully, pressing a kiss to Harry's forehead.

"I had to come to the training, Lou." They both began to walk inside the house without separating.

"I would have liked to wake up with you," he whispered in the omega's ear, causing him to smile, "you know, I thought we should go shopping. I need a few new suits and shirts."

"And we can buy Zayn and Liam a present." The omega said excitedly.

"Of course." They went up the stairs and before entering his room the eldest grabbed Harry by the waist. "We should also buy something for when I introduce you to everyone. So you look even more beautiful than usual."

Harry couldn't help but smile at that comment, the mere thought of knowing that Louis wanted to introduce him to everyone sent a shiver down his spine.

After showering they both left accompanied by two bodyguards in the direction of the mall. Harry was wearing a huge brown coat over his black suit while Louis was wearing a grey coat over a blue suit.

The alpha didn't let go of his omega's hand all the way as he kept talking about the many options of gifts he had planned to buy. Although he tried to be discreet since he didn't want to reveal the news before Zayn did.

The place was full of people, it seemed that the fact that it was Monday at noon did not stop people from leaving their homes. They entered a store where they already knew Louis, and they knew perfectly well how to treat him. The employees of the place kindly asked the few customers to leave to avoid problems and let them both shop in peace.

"Do you think I should buy this suit?" Asked the alpha holding up a beautiful black suit, but Harry cocked his head and narrowed his eyes.

"Wait." He walked to another section of the room and picked up a suit of the same colour but it had glitter everywhere. He went back to the alpha and showed it to him. "You should buy this one. You always wear black suits, and something different would look good on you."

The alpha smiled and handed the suit to one of the bodyguards for him to hold. He took Harry's hand and walked to another part of the shop, so they could see something the omega might like.

"Hazz, look." He called as he walked towards him. In his hands he wore a beige suit with small squares, the omega's eyes shone when he saw it.

"How beautiful, you're going to look great." He said, caressing the fabric of the suit and the alpha smiled.

"It's going to look great on you, it goes with one I have. Do you want it?"

"No, Lou. You don't have to..."

"Honey, please," he interrupted, "I'm going to buy you everything you like. Because I want to, not because you can't buy them or because omegas can't buy their own things, but because I want you to have everything you want and more." The omega walked over and stood on the tip of his feet to leave a soft kiss on the alpha's lips.

"Thank you." He whispered and pulled away from him. Louis gave the suit to a bodyguard and they both continued looking at some clothes.

They got a little closer to the centre of the store, where there were accessories. Harry was trying on some rings that he liked, Louis approached him from behind and looked both ways making sure no one was looking at him.

"Do you want to see something fun?" He asked in a whisper in Harry's ear, who looked at him in confusion but nodded without knowing what he meant.

With a subtle movement he took one of the bracelets and slipped it up the sleeve of his coat, Harry looked at him in surprise.

"Louis!" He exclaimed quietly. "You can't do that just like that."

A laugh escaped the alpha's mouth and he winked at him.

"Lou, seriously. That's wrong, leave it where it was." The omega muttered, looking nervously to the sides.

"Honey, our whole business is based on doing 'bad things'. Nothing will happen because of a stolen bracelet." He hugged the curly one around the waist and briefly kissed his lips. "As long as they don't see you nervous, then we could go to jail."

"Louis!" Harry hit the blue-eyed on the shoulder and he let out another laugh.

"Just kidding, Hazz. Nothing's going to happen to us, relax."

They continued to see the entire store, Harry looked everywhere waiting for someone from the store staff to come and tell them something about the bracelet that Louis took, but everything seemed to be in order. They paid what they were willing to buy and left the store, but as soon as they passed the sensors, they began to sound and a guard from the store tried to approach, but one of the bodyguards who were accompanying them made him stop, and signalled for him to better stay in his place.

"The sensors fail sometimes, don't worry. Have a good day, Mr. Tomlinson." He said in his place, with a smile.

They left the store and Harry finally let out the breath his lungs were holding. Louis started laughing at the omega's overreaction.

"I told you nothing would happen, Mr. Tomlinson." Louis murmured amusedly in his ear, emphasising the last few words. Harry smiled at that and his cheeks blushed in a soft and barely noticeable pink.

"You're an idiot. They could have caught us or something." Harry replied, letting that comment slide.

"But they wouldn't tell us anything, darling. Why don't we go shopping for Liam and Zayn instead? There's a baby store somewhere around here."

"No, I don't want anything e..." The omega looked away and in the window of a store he saw some small golden baby boots, they were precious. His eyes lit up with joy and he began to pull Louis's shirt "Lou look! those boots! We have to take them. Please!"

He ran off in the direction of the store, the alpha walked behind him, smiling at the view of him so happy. They entered the store and immediately the people who worked there put their attention on them. The omega did not even pay attention to them because he ran to ask about those golden boots.

Louis started pacing the store behind Harry, who saw little pieces of clothing he liked and simply tossed them to the alpha to then say that he was buying those for Zayn. Louis automatically handed a bodyguard the clothes. Until his eyes fell on a small black suit with a gold jacket that had small flowers embroidered on it.

It reminded him so much of his omega, and it would look perfect with those little boots.

"Hey!" He called to a bodyguard who had his hands free, automatically approaching to wait for orders. "Take that suit over there to pay and get it in the car, but make sure Harry doesn't see it."

"As you order, Mr. Tomlinson." The bodyguard replied, and hurried to do as he was told.

"Lou, look at this dress! Do you think it would be appropriate to wear it?" Harry called and Louis hurried to his side.

"Whatever you want to wear, honey." Louis answered and hugged him from behind, then a funny idea crossed his mind and he grabbed a small shirt that was lying around "Hazz, why don't you hide this one?"

"No Louis, stop right there." Harry reproached and continued with his eyes fixed on the clothes.

But the alpha wouldn't leave things like that, he started to play with the edge of Harry's shirt and in a quick movement he got it there, right between his skin and the material of his clothes, Harry looked at him with wide eyes and Louis kissed him before he said anything.

"Louis!" The omega scolded holding the shirt against his skin, afraid that it would fall.

"And you can't get it out of there anymore because they're going to think you're stealing it," mocked the alpha, an elbow from the omega to his side cut off his laughter. "Ouch! I'm just playing, omega. Please, don't get mad."

He pulled the little t-shirt out of the hiding place and hugged Harry, running his hands under his coat and looking into his eyes. There couldn't possibly be an omega prettier than his. He began to caress his back lovingly, he went down a little more and put the shirt in Harry's trousers pocket, the curly-haired boy slapped his hand and smiled, unaware of the situation.

"Don't start touching me in public, Tomlinson. I'm warning you."

"I'm not touching you, Hazz. I'm just making sure that such beauty is real. Did you know that you are the most beautiful omega in the world?" Louis said and Harry gave him a kiss on the lips, the people from the store staff looked at them with tenderness.

"Do you have everything you need, Hazz?" Asked the alpha and curly nodded "Good, let's go."

They paid what they had chosen and left the store hand in hand, smiling at the luck that had befallen them. Louis wrapped his arms around Harry's waist and started kissing his cheek.

"If I show you something, you promise you won't get mad at me?" Louis said, his eyes were lit with mischief as if he was a little baby who just broke their mother's favourite jewellery.

"That depends on what it is."

He took the shirt out of Harry's pocket and showed it to him, the omega looked at him with his mouth open in shock. He knew perfectly well what the elder had done, and that mocking smile confirmed it.

"Are you serious, Louis Tomlinson?" Asked the omega indignantly.

"I told you nothing would happen, pretty boy." Answered the alpha and hugged him very tight, so that he couldn't let go of his grip.

They returned home in the evening and the bodyguards carried the bags up to Mr. Tomlinson's room. The curly one said that he should arrange the things that he would give to Zayn and Liam, so they both went up to their room. Louis took out the suits he had bought for himself and Harry and arranged them in the closet, which they had started sharing a couple weeks before.

"I'm going to the bathroom. I'll be right back" Louis commented and entered the bathroom closing the door behind him, and Harry took the opportunity to take out the little golden booties to put them in one of the drawers in the room, he wrapped them in the wrapping paper some of the clothes and put them away just before the alpha returned.

"I'm going to give this to Zayn. Are we eating at the table or here?" He asked as he put the things back in the bags and walked to the door.

"Wherever you prefer, love."

"See you at the table then." He said, and then he left the room almost flying.

The alpha stared at the drawer where Harry had kept the booties, and without knowing what he had hidden there, he crouched down next to it and opened it. And there they were, wrapped in brown paper, hidden between several pairs of socks, a huge smile appeared on the alpha's face. Was Harry thinking about them having puppies? He thought to himself and stood up.

Maybe he meant to give them to Zayn later, or he had forgotten them. He didn't know, but the thought of his omega carrying his puppy inside him made his heart pound.

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The omega went down the stairs as fast as he could and dodged the guards he bumped into on the way until he was finally in front of Zayn's office. His heart told him to just go in without knocking the door, but the memory of that afternoon stopped him. He for sure didn't want to meet Zayn and Liam in some compromising situation.

He knocked three times and backed away until a chocolate-eyed alpha opened the door and greeted him with a friendly smile on his face.

"I brought you some gifts for when the baby is born." He laid all the bags on the desk and sat in the chair in front of it. "I went with Louis to buy some things and I couldn't help but buy everything I saw."

Zayn stood up and started going through the bags, Liam walked over and a huge smile appeared on his face as he saw his omega take a little lilac dress in his hands.

"We still don't know what you will have, so I brought a little of everything so they don't miss anything. We also saw some cribs and toys that you can ask for later." He said enthusiastically, Zayn's eyes crystallised as he saw each garment , and finally walked around the desk to give Harry a warm hug.

"You're the best, Harry," he said in his ear, "thank you very much, with all the work we've had I hadn't even stopped to think about all these things and..." He couldn't finish speaking by the time tears flooded her cheek, the curly one caressed his back and hugged him tighter.

"That's what friends are for." They broke apart and Harry wiped the tears from Zayn's face.

"Thank you very much Harry. You really didn't have to go to all that trouble." Liam commented and Harry smiled.

"After what you did for me today... you don't even have to thank me. I'm very happy for you two, and I can't wait to see a little baby running around the house and all the guards trying to chase him so he doesn't get hurt." The three of them laughed at the last bit and Liam walked over to hug Harry.

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Several alphas were gathered in the corridor next to the kitchen, they whispered some things among themselves and laughed as if they were on their break. The alpha entered the kitchen in search of that omega that always made him smile.

"Barbara!" He said happily, the woman approached to give him a kiss on the cheek and a hug.

"Is there any reason for you to be so happy and smiley?" She asked, and Louis could only smile even more.

"You know, the things that life gives you." He commented and approached the stove to see what they were preparing, it was a delicious stew. "This smells amazing." Barbara smiled happily and walked over to move the food a bit, the alpha walked to the refrigerator to get a bottle of water.

"That omega has actually no idea on what he's gotten himself into." An omega whispered. "I heard they had to sedate Bristol because he was writhing in pain from all of Styles' punches."

Louis couldn't help but smile and feel proud at the comment. His omega had beaten up that alpha, and the memory of that fight just made him remember how strong he was. Not to mention that he looked very sexy and hot when he fought.

"Harry said he wanted to have dinner at the table." He said as he walked back to Barbara's side.

"Very well darling, we will serve you the food in a few minutes."

With that said, the alpha left the kitchen and walked to the dining room. The dinner passed normally, and after a few hours the two returned to the room ready to sleep.

A cold breeze hit the blue-eyed alpha's back causing him to wake up in the middle of the night. His arm was around the omega's waist and their fingers were intertwined. A tired smile appeared on his face as he witnessed the curly-haired omega, who was sleeping so adorably. He was curled up and completely covered with the covers of the bed and his perfect curly hair was a mess.

He carefully moved his arm and got up from the bed. They had left the terrace door open and the cold air outside had caused the whole room to be freezing. He walked to the door and closed it, trying to avoid making any hard noise so as not to wake Harry up.

He took a black sweatshirt from the closet and left the room towards the kitchen. He had decided to smoke a cigarette before going back to bed and to drink some water on the way. He went downstairs trying not to make too much noise and ignoring the stares of the alphas standing guard in the halls.

"I'm telling you they're not going to do anything to him," whispered a man whose voice Louis couldn't distinguish, but could hear perfectly what he said, "he gets between the boss's legs. I assure you that with just a stupid smile he already has them on their knees." The alpha's laughed at his words. Louis felt like his blood was boiling, they were trash talking about his omega, and that was something he would never allow them to do.

He reached the kitchen and opened the glass door a little, just enough so that the smoke from his cigarette would come out and no one would notice his presence.

"I assure you he just tells him something like," he faked a high-pitched voice and whimpered derisively, "Lou, I need a raise." All the alphas laughed out loud, not caring what time it was.

"I really think that Styles sleeps with everyone. He always goes on trips with Horan and when they come back, both of them are very happy." Commented one of the men.

"And what about Malik?" Exclaimed another alpha. "You can see he's dragging him 'please call Mr. Styles' or 'Please ask him to come down to my office as soon as possible'." He mocked.

Louis listened to each of his words, recording in his memory the voices of each one of them. He imagined how he would make them pay so that everyone would know that they should not talk that way about his omega. He took one last drag on his cigarette and tossed it out before closing the door, always making sure not to make any noise.

"And what do you think of Payne? During the training today he seemed pretty offended that we were bothering the stupid omega." Louis opened one of the cabinets and took out a glass.

"Yes, he wanted to teach us a 'lesson'. Please, he thinks he is the owner of the place because he is Malik's bodyguard, but nobody would change my mind, he is just another bootlicker." Everyone made fun of the comment. Louis poured himself some water and began to walk down the corridor from which those voices came from.

As he got closer his fury increased, he would kill them with his own hands, not only were they talking bad about his omega, but they were offending his family in every possible way. They were messing with the mafia and with a very, very angry alpha.

"But anyway, that Styles is a very well-cared-for bitch." One finally said. That's it. That's the drop that spilled the glass.

Louis quickened his pace and reached them, four alphas standing in front of the front door. He came up behind them and walked through the middle of the small circle they were standing in, with a big arrogant smile printed on his face.

"Good morning, gentlemen." He said reluctantly without looking back.

The four alphas released a 'good night, sir' in unison. They felt their souls leave their bodies just by seeing the figure of that alpha walking away.

The alpha returned to his room knowing they wouldn't get away with it. No one would ever disrespect him, his omega or his family like that. Tomorrow they'll know who Louis Tomlinson really is.

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The next morning at five o'clock, Louis was already bathed and perfectly dressed with a black suit. He left his room, leaving his beautiful omega lying between the sheets, with parted lips and hugging the alpha's pillow. He found several security guards in the hallway, including two of the alphas who were trash talking about his family the night before.

"I'm going to call an express meeting with the security personnel today, so I'd really appreciate it if you could all be in the main room of the house in five minutes. Whoever isn't on time will be executed, understood?" The guards nodded and ran to tell their co-workers about Louis's meeting call.

Mr. Tomlinson had never called the security staff to a meeting. The only time that happened was the day of Styles's kidnapping. What would have happened for him to want to talk to them? Of course, in less than 5 minutes he already had all the staff in the room.

"You four, please take a seat." He directed to the four alphas from last night, his facial expression telling them nothing. "Well, you may be wondering why I summoned you today. I found out about yesterday's incident with Mr. Styles from more than one source, and I would like to be the first to announce that your colleague will no longer work with you. There are no preferences of any kind here and I want that to be very clear. Nobody does no favours of any kind for anyone."

The murmurs were present instantly, some with mockery and a few with pity, because that green-eyed boy had never treated them badly.

"Hush, I didn't give you permission to speak." Louis trailed off, and the room fell silent again. "Mr. Styles no longer works with you, because from now on you all work for him. I don't know if you had noticed the necklace that hangs from his neck. That necklace has a ring that you know perfectly well that anyone who wears it should be treated with respect, a thing that I clearly don't see reflected with Styles. When he came back to this house from his horrible experience with Calder he became my omega, and therefore your boss. Is this clear? The kind of comments I heard at dawn are not and will never be tolerated in this house."

Everyone nodded, except for the four alphas sitting in the dainty chairs in the house. A few small barefoot steps began to echo down the corridor and the figure of Harry rubbing his eyes with his fists in an enormous Louis shirt appeared in the room. Everyone present looked at him and confirmed what Mr. Tomlinson had said, there was a ring that hung from the necklace around his neck.

"Lou, what are you doing up so e...?" Harry looked at the security guards and confusion reigned in his face. "Good morning."

A couple of uncoordinated "Good morning, Mr. Styles." Echoed through the room and Harry glanced at the alpha who was regarding his staff with authority from a single arm chair.

"Come here, love." Louis called and patted his lap. Harry, half asleep, went to sit where the older indicated and hid his face in his neck, he was still sleepy and had woken up without the warmth of his alpha. "Is everything clear?"

"Yes, sir." They all answered at the same time, and Louis smiled with satisfaction.

"You can leave, except for those who are seating." He didn't have to repeat it when everyone followed his orders, except for two extra bodyguards to those who were seated.

The alphas looked at their boss expectantly, waiting for him to give them some punishment that they would have to fulfil for disrespecting their omega, but they did not expect the following.

"Did you sleep well, Hazz?" Asked the alpha, stroking the omega's curls, who smiled as he nodded. "Well, that's the only thing that matters." He kissed Harry's forehead and looked at the guards again. "Execute them, and go for the one who's with the nurses, Bristol."

The two security guards escorted those who were sitting in the armchairs, with the help of two other guards who guarded the door of the room. The cries of mercy and begging to spare their lives was the only thing that filled the silence of the house at that time, but nothing mattered more than being with his omega now that he was awake.

"What do you want for breakfast, love?" The alpha began to stroke the omega's back with a smile.

"Can we have someone bring us pancakes to bed?" Asked the omega, still clinging to the alpha's neck.

"Whatever my beautiful omega asks for." Louis said, getting up from the couch with Harry in his arms.