The van stopped a few blocks before the delivery location, a small coffee shop in one of London's less crowded neighbourhoods.

Harry and Louis walked for a few minutes in silence, not knowing exactly what to say after the moment they'd had the night before. In addition to the fact that Zayn had proposed that Harry seduce the delivery man to take him behind the cafeteria and put him in the truck, it's easy to guess that Louis had not liked the idea at all, with the excuse that since he was going to go and it would look unconvincing, everyone knew it was an excuse.

They finally reached the cafeteria, and before they entered, Harry stopped Louis by grabbing his wrist and looking him straight in the eye with a frown.

"I need you to be careful with your words inside that place." He said in a whisper, and moved his hand to the alpha's waist, noticing that he wasn't carrying a gun, he closed his eyes and sighed "You should have brought a gun, Louis, but that doesn't matter now." He stepped back and cleared his throat. "Always stay behind me so that, if something happens, I can protect you." The blue-eyed boy nodded but Harry needed to hear him.

"Okay." He finally said, and Harry, unconvinced, walked into the cafeteria with Louis almost on his heels.

A blond boy was sitting in the back of the cafeteria, wearing a sweatshirt that was at least two sizes too big for him, a backpack to one side. That was their goal. They sat in front of him and Louis automatically pulled Harry's chair closer to him and put his arm around Harry's waist. Harry looked at him in surprise, but didn't say anything, after all according to Zayn's plan they would have to impersonate a couple.

"Mr. Smith?" Asked the man, whom they could identify as beta, they both nodded, Louis with a sided smile on his face and Harry keeping his expressionless face. "Have you got the money?"

"Of course, but I would like us to do things a little more discreetly, there are many people here and I would not like my husband and I to have any inconvenience." Harry said, and stopped himself from saying anything else when he saw the pretty omega who came with the menu in her hands.

"Would you like to order something?" He asked with a smile, Louis shook his head and the beta in front of them ordered a coffee.

"I think this is the appropriate place." The man answered, quite confident of himself, Harry frowned and pulled his gun from his belt. Louis placed his ring-bearing hand on the table, right in front of the beta.

"No, I don't think so."Replied the alpha and Harry grazed the boy's leg with the gun, feeling the weapon, he paled. "I think if you know what's good for you, you're going to go with us in the back to make the delivery."

The man got up and Harry smirked, but the waitress arrived just then with the beta's coffee.

"Oh, are you leaving already? I was just going to deliver his order."

"Cash it from here." Louis said, holding out a fifty euro bill, but that wasn't what made the waitress gulp and stumble, knocking over the coffee cup.

It was the ring that Louis wore on his right ring finger, a rather particular ring that was generally known to whom it belonged.

"No... No, it's all good. Sorry for the interruption." The omega muttered before running away, under the watchful eye of the other customers in the place, who decided not to comment and let the situation pass. They knew what was good for them.

After that, it was all quickly done, they left the cafeteria towards the back of the place, where a black truck was already waiting for them, they bandaged the blond beta before putting him up and quickly starting towards the house, where nothing good was definitely waiting for him.

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The beta was tied to a chair in the basement, the one they used for that kind of case. He had a grey ribbon on his lips and looked around nervously, until five guys came in to keep him company, the three bosses, Zayn, Niall and Louis, along with their bodyguards, Liam and Harry, he could only recognize two of them.

"Good afternoon honey, was your nap good?" Zayn asked, sarcastically. "You know what? I don't care. You are here to answer my questions, if you cooperate, Harry and Liam will probably give you a fast death. Is that okay? Good, Harry, take the ribbon off, please."

Harry did as told immediately, pulling on the tape without even stopping to do it slowly so it wouldn't hurt, prompting a scream full of pain from the beta.

"Good. Who do you work for?" He asked directly.

"I don't know, sir, I'm just a delivery guy, they don't tell me names, just merchandise, customers and addresses, but it's never anyone important."

"Ummm.... I don't believe you " he said thoughtfully, looking at Harry and asking " Who do you work for, Styles?"

"For you, Mister Malik."

"That's right. And what mafia are you loyal to?" He questioned, Harry smiled noticing what he was doing.

"Icarus Rose, Sir, the most powerful mafia in Europe, and dare I say the world."

"Thanks Harry, I like my employees to know who they're working for, and to keep that in mind. Now, with that clear, I ask again, who do you work for? No self-respecting mafia lets its employees go through life making deliveries without knowing to whom they owe allegiance, much less getting into someone else's territory."

"The only thing I know is that they are american." Answered the beta "It's the only thing I know, sir. Please, spare my life, I can work for you, I'll do anything, work in whatever you want."

"Humm.. You don't even have loyalty towards the people you work for." Zayn blurted out, his voice full with venom. "You are useless to me, nothing assures me that you will not betray me the same. Harry, Liam, interrogate him, he may have information that could be of some use to us."

Zayn left the room, his loyal friends following close behind. The last thing they heard before closing the door was the man's scream as his torture began.

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The three of them walked to the bar they had in the house, it was near the living room and included a whole wall full of bottles of different drinks, in front of it was a bar where Niall and Louis took a seat while Zayn walked around it to get some glasses.

Louis kept a monotonous expression, his eyes were focused on the bar and his jaw was clenched. Niall noticed and with a slight shake of his head he told Zayn that something was wrong with him.

"Lou?" The omega called, but he didn't even move his eyes. "Are you okay?" he said with preoccupation showing in his voice. For the alpha, it was weird to see Harry like that, so... cold, it made a shiver drop down his spine; even though that since he had met Harry, he knew that he had a strong personality. But he didn't imagine that he could point a gun to his head or kidnap a person that was like him. How was it possible for the sparkle in his eyes to disappear in such a short period of time?

"Yeah." He muttered, not looking up. Niall moved his hand to the other alpha's back, starting to move it as he tried to comfort him.

"What's going through your mind?" He asked and Louis stared at him.

"I don't know, it's just... Too much to process at the moment." He explained with a tired voice. Zayn poured three whiskey glasses and gave one to Louis.

"Drink some of this, later we will eat and you can go to rest." Louis took the cup and drank a little bit of the liquid inside it. He felt the burning of the alcohol in his throat but that was a feeling he was already used to.

"Louis, you know this is our job, we told you that you shouldn't have gone there." Said Niall after drinking from his glass.

"I know that this is our job, Niall." His voice was now louder than before. "But that doesn't make it right or enjoyable for me, I don't like the people we turn into when we work... Even less since..." He didn't continue his words and drank again.

Niall looked at Zayn, who sighed and grabbed Louis' hands.

"Do you remember when we were in boarding school?" He asked and Louis nodded. " There were times that I wished to go back home because so many alphas bothered me for being an omega, until one day you arrived and protected me from those alphas that believed they were better than me, and since that day I felt like I owed you something. That's the reason behind why I asked my father to adopt you two, so that we could stay together." A nostalgic smile appeared on his face. "I know this might not be the best way to live our lives, but this is who we are, and if you don't want to do again what you did today, it's okay. I would never make you do something you don't want to do just because you feel it is your responsibility."

Louis nodded and a soft smile started to grow on his face.

"Exactly Lou, there is no one better than you with the numbers." Niall said, trying to cheer up the moment. Zayn laughed and refilled Louis' glass.

"Come on, the important thing here is that us three are together, right?"

"And Liam.... And Harry." Niall said, raising his eyebrows, nudging Louis with his elbow.

"Drop it Niall, I already told you there is nothing happening between me and Harry."

"You can say as you want, but I know what I saw." He said smiling.

"What did you see?" Zayn asked curiously.

"I walked into Harry's room and saw them hugging in the bathroom, but Harry wasn't wearing anything apart from a shirt and a towel, in fact he looked like he just got out of the shower." Louis pushed Niall making him fall from the chair, the three of them laughed trying to forget the bad time they were having. "In addition, they already gained confidence, I did not forget that the other day you also had curly grabbed very tight by the waist." Zayn raised both eyebrows and laughed out loud.

Even at that moment, Louis couldn't stop thinking about the man being tortured in his basement, by that green-eyed boy who wouldn't leave his thoughts.

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"Argh, please. You can't be serious about not knowing anything, apart from the fact that they are American." Liam said, holding a knife at the beta's neck, who was covered in sweat and blood.

"I don't know anything else, I swear." He cried, and Harry let out a sarcastic laugh.

" That's it." He walked towards him with his gun in hands. "I am tired of hearing you say that they are American and that you know nothing else, there must be something, a name, a city, a dog, anything." He shot at the beta's leg, causing him to yell in pain.

"N- Nothing, I know nothing." He breathlessly said. "Mercy, please." He begged, causing the guards to look and laugh.

"You'll have mercy, once you tell me a name. We just need a name and that's all." Liam offered, the man looked to his feet, thinking.

"Your words say that you know nothing, but your eyes keep many secrets, right?" Harry crouched down in front of the blond, who closed his eyes and shook his head. "Oh, but I know it, and he knows it too."

"Tell us, we love a good story." Harry punched the man on the face, he just spitted blood and, along with it, a tooth fell to the ground.

"I..." He started. "I only know they are American ..."

"NO!" He screamed, he was now very angry. "Tell us once and for fucking all who do you work for because I don't want to spend a single minute more in here!." The man looked at him with horror, knowing that he would kill him.

"Okay, you are going to kill me either way." He finally said in a sigh "There is a name, one that they try not to say, but sometimes some people forget that." Liam grabbed a white towel and began to clean the knife he was using. "It's... It's something like... No, I don't know..." Harry hit him with the back of his gun, again, the man screamed in pain.

"Stop playing around and just tell us the name." Liam ordered

"Killian" He said with a shaky voice, Harry and Liam looked at eachother.

"Killian what?"

"Calder... Killian Calder." The man finally confessed, then he started sobbing in front of the guards.

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"Then I told him that he couldn't just give it to some businessman who would turn it into a shopping mall." Zayn said happily "And he told me that he didn't want to have so many responsibilities, that he didn't have time and I said, 'Marcus, you know we've been partners for a long time, why don't you sell it to me?'"

"And? What did he say?" Niall asked.

"He obviously said yes, and the best part of all, is that this is a gift for you, Lous." The alcohol had begun to take effect on the omega, causing his voice to sound funny

"For me?" He asked, confused, Zayn nodded with a smile.

"Niall has a brewery in Ireland, and I thought, why not give my other brother a vineyard in New Zealand?"

"Zayn, you didn't have to..."

"Shh, I wanted to do it, it's good that you have something under your name, after all we own many properties around the world and if something were to happen you already have a vineyard from which you can earn some extra money"

Louis hugged Zayn and whispered 'thank you' in his ear.

"Good, good. Those two already took a long time down there, why don't you bring them here so we can eat once and for all?"

"Shure." Louis stood up and started walking to the basement. Unlike Niall and Zayn, he hadn't drunk too much , simply because he didn't feel in the mood for it.

He went downstairs and greeted some guards on his way, all the workers of the house knew that they could not talk about what they heard or saw, they knew perfectly well that it was for his own good, after all, the betrayal to the Icarus Rose mafia was not paid just with death.

He knocked three times on the and stepped back. Harry was the one to open the door, the expression on his face changed as soon as he saw the alpha standing there, he instantly put the gun out and into the pocket of his belt.

"Zayn wants you to come upstairs to eat." He said. Harry looked at Liam, who walked past him and Louis.

"Meet you upstairs?" He asked and Harry nodded.

"If you want to follow him, I just have to... You know." he suggested.

"No, I want to stay." Harry was surprised at his words but just nodded before

turning around in the direction of the beta, who had passed out just a few minutes ago.

Harry took his gun and shot the man without a second thought. The alpha startled at the sound of the shot and clenched his jaw, the omega took a towel and began to wipe his face and the blood on his hands as he approached Louis.

"Let's go, I don't want you to see this more than you have to." He said and moved his hand to show the alpha to follow him as he started to walk away, they both left, Harry motioned for one of the guards that were on that floor to take care of the body and went up to the dining room, where Zayn, Niall and Liam were waiting for them.

The meal went on in silence, Niall asked Harry to sit with them and from that moment

no one ever said another word other than a 'thank you' to Barbara when she left the

plates in front of them. And after a while, Louis was the first to get up.

"I'm gonna rest for a moment." He announced, and without saying goodbye he left the room under the eyes of the other men.

Harry followed him closely, he couldn't leave him alone, something could happen to him. He walked behind him until they reached the alpha's room.

"You can go, Harry. I want to rest a little and I don't want you to waste your time standing in front of my room because of this."

"Are you sure?" Harry asked, not so sure.

"Yes, goodbye Harry, see you tomorrow." The blue-eyed man said and closed the door slowly, Harry let off a small sigh.

He ran into the guard who was carrying the body to dispose of it. What did he have to do? Niall was with Zayn and Liam talking about businesses that he definitely didn't want to be in involved, Louis was going to sleep and all he could do was lock himself in his room or go around the house, but bury a body and be more productive sounded like a better idea.

"I'll take care of this." Harry said to the guard, who looked at him with a confused face before finally handing him the cart where the body was and walking out of the place.

Harry got to work and started pushing the body into the woods, looking for the

suitable place to bury him. The truth is that he had never explored that part of the

property, but there was always a first time to everything in life.

He buried the body and when he was about to go back to where he came from, he realised that, in reality, he did not know where he was or where he had gone, he didn't even have an idea of where he was supposed to go now. It was already dark by that time, without much choice, he started looking for his way back home.

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Louis woke up from his nap when he felt a strange necessity to look for Harry , a weird feeling was on his chest and he was sure that it wouldn't leave until he found the curly-haired guy.

He stood up from his bed and walked to the door of his room, where he met a bodyguard... one that wasn't very nor green-eyed. That man was definitely not who he was looking for.

"Do you know where Styles are? Wasn't he supposed to guard the rooms tonight?"

"The last thing I heard is that he was told to go and get rid of the body in the basement, sir." Answered the alpha, seriously.

"He was sent to the forest?" Louis asked, not believing what was just heard, but he knew the answer.

"Yes, sir." The alpha said.

"You idiots! He is new and doesn't know the forest!" He shouted and ran out of his room. "Why the hell did he go alone?!"

"Sorry, sir. He offered to get rid of the body and they just granted him what he asked."

"You all are a bunch of incompetent idiots." He murmured, slamming his door closed and walking towards the stair to go and look for Harry himself.

He surely was lost, looking for a way out of the huge forest that rounded the house so that he could return. Louis just got notice of how cold the weather was when he stepped outside, he ran through the forest, screaming Harry's name. He did that for around ten minutes, until he heard a soft sound of pain coming from his left.

"Harry? Is that you?" Louis asked, changing the direction he was walking to the one he had heard the noise, he there found a Harry with red eyes, sitting on the fallen tree while he rubbed his knees.

"Lou?" Harry asked in a whisper, Louis felt a smile of relief appear on his face as he ran towards Harry.

"Why did you walk alone into the forest, Harry? You don't know this part of the house. What if I didn't find you? Are you hurt?" Louis' words only made Harry feel worse. He couldn't even find the way back home.

"I'm sorry. It hurts, I tripped and fell on my knees, plus I am really cold."

Louis nodded and helped him up, putting his arm around his shoulders to

give him some warmth and guide him to the exit of the forest, which was not so far

compared to where Harry went to bury the body. They arrived at the room of the alpha, who immediately took it upon himself to heal Harry's wounded knees.

"Next time, please ask someone to go with you, Harry, at least until you get to know the forest."

"I was stupid, I know. Sorry." The guard said, holding back any pain expression that the alcohol in the wounded skin on his knee threatened to show. "I think it's all good now, don't worry, thank you for helping me."

He stood up with the intention to walk out of that room and to start his shift, guarding the rooms.

"Can you.... Can you stay for just a moment?" Louis asked and Harry looked at where Louis' hand was touching his arm. "I mean, you can do your job from here, you need to rest and a little company won't do me any wrong."

"Okay" Harry replied.

"Good" Louis said, he dropped his arm and started to walk towards the bed; he didn't bother in changing his clothes, he had already been in pyjamas when he went looking for Harry.

Not knowing why, Harry followed Louis and layed down at the opposite side from where his boss was. They both were still, lying beside each other under the bedsheets. Not knowing what exactly to say.

"Why don't you tell me something about your family? Harry?" Louis asked, moving so that he could be laying on his side, facing Harry, who nodded.

"What can I say? I was born and raised in Holmes Chapel, my father abandoned us when I presented as a... " he stopped talking at that second, remembering that Louis didn't know that he was an omega. " as a beta. My sister is a beta, so he had the hope that I would be an alpha, you know, strong, big and that I growled at everything that moved near me."

"I beg your pardon?" Louis asked, his voice showing that the last sentence had offended him, of course he was playing.

"With all due respect, sir, when I arrived all you did was growl at me. In the end, he took

a huge disappointment and decided that it was better to leave us, and our mother made everything she could to be able to get ahead for me and my sister, but the money was barely

enough, we grew up with some shortcomings, but I'm not complaining, I never lacked what to eat or what to wear."

"And how did you manage to study in Cambridge?" The alpha asked, almost fascinated by the omega's story.

"I don't want to brag, but it can be said that I've got very good grades, and I was offered

a hundred percent scholarship to study there. I did it mainly because I wanted a major degree that would allow me a good job and to be able to help my mother with the expenses of the

House. But as I already told you, Zayn found me at a party where we were celebrating my graduation and here I am, I'm not complaining, now I can send him the money

enough for my family not to worry about a thing."

"I am happy that you reached your goal, Harry." Louis said with a small smile.

"Thank you." Harry nodded. "But now let me get to know you a little bit more, how did you end up here?"

"My parents kicked me out of the house." Louis sighed, looking at the ceiling. "My parents always saw as a disappointment and aberration the fact that I like male omegas."

Something inside Harry moved at those words. His omega had woke up, and as Louis went on with his story of how he met Zayn at a boarding school and they immediately became friends, Harry felt how the effect of the suppressants started fading away, releasing a little bit of his scent, so little that it could be barely smelled, and Louis stopped abruptly.

"Do you smell that?" Louis asked and Harry froze "I think Niall is with an omega. Their smell is so sweet."

Harry nodded and felt how a cold sweat started covering his back. An idea came to his mind, just in time.

"I'll go to the toilet!" He almost screamed, standing up and running out of the room. Louis looked at him confused.

"There is a toilet in my room." Louis murmured once Harry was gone. What if he got scared because of Niall having someone in his room?

A phone started ringing, when he turned around, he saw that Harry had forgotten his phone, and that was the one that was ringing. Louis looked at the screen and the word 'mom' appeared in front of his face. Nope he was not supposed to answer, but what if it was an emergency? It was too late, it could have happened something that needed urgent care, it would be better if he answered. And as soon as he did, a woman's voice reached his ears.

"My little puppy, how are you? Have you been eating alright? How was work today?" She talked so quickly that Louis got dizzy.

"Umm, sorry. Harry left his phone here, I am his boss, mister Tomlinson. A pleasure to hear you, miss Styles."

"And what are you doing with my son's phone at this hour? It's too late." She asked with no doubt in her voice, and Louis smiled at Harry's mother's determination.

"We were just closing some topics from work and he went to the toilet. And, as you might notice, he forgot his phone."

He heard a sigh from the other side of the call, and started to worry that something bad had happened.

"I'm sorry to talk to you about this, but I am really worried about Harry. I haven't seen him in months. I don't know if he has been eating or if he's treated alright. And he is, right?" Louis let out a small laugh.

"Of course, Miss Styles, don't worry about that. Harry is so nice, and I really think that there is no single person in here that doesn't like him."

"I am so proud of him and everything he has accomplished, especially because of him being..."

The door was slammed open that second, it was Harry, wearing some cotton trousers and looking far more relaxed than when he left.

"Louis, what are you doing with my phone?" He asked, still standing out the door.

"Your mother called, I thought it could be an emergency." Harry took the device from his hands and moved it to his ear before Jane said anything more to Louis. He knew his mother, she could say something that would affect his job without even noticing.

They talked for a few minutes, during which Jane reminded him that she missed him and she hoped to see him some time soon in home, Harry promised that as soon as he could he would go, turned around and hung up, under the watchful eye of the older man, who had a big smile on his face.

"Puppy?" That was the first thing he said after Harry ended the call.

"Not a single word about this to anyone, especially Niall. Okay?" The man threatened, killing the alpha with his eyes. Louis laughed out loud for a second and then he pulled on a serious face.

"How long has it been since you visited your mother?" He said, looking directly into Harry's eyes. "Because she told me that it has been months since she last saw you."

"Since I went to the academy." He whispered, ashamed of how long it had been. "But I have too much work here, I don't have the lux to just go out for a weekend. I have to protect you."

"And what would happen if I go too? You wouldn't have to worry about work, plus I have really been looking for an excuse to visit Holmes Chapel, it's been ages since I went there."

"Would you really do that? For me?" Harry asked, with a big and bright smile on his face. Louis nodded, and he was sure that he could kiss him at that moment.

... But he didn't.