Alone H.S.

Chapter 47: Fallen Into Place

Harry -

"What houses did you put those two men in?" I ask, looking towards Louis's desk which was where he'd decided to sit. Because chairs totally weren't made for that.

"Those two men? Uh, which two men are we talking about, specifically?" He asks, looking up from where he's...painting his fingernails?

"What the hell are you doing?" I ask, standing up to get a better view of just what he is doing.

"I'm...not doing anything." He says unsure and slowly, his face reddening.

"Oh my God, you are painting your damn fingernails!" I double over laughing while he jumps up from his seat on his desk and storms over towards me.

"Better not punch me, Louis. You might mess up your precious nails." I manage to get out before I let out another round of laughter.

"This isn't paint! This is simply a clear layer of protective coating!" He shouts in anger, while shoving his hands in my face. Sure enough, there wasn't any weird color painted on his nails.

"Oh, I see now." I reach out and gently grab one of his hands and brought it closer for inspection.

"Your nails are beautifully shiny, Louis." I fake a smile and go to kiss his hand to aggravate him, but he yanks his hand away and huffs over to his desk and angrily sits back on it.

"So, the two men?" I ask, trying to get back on track.

"What two men, exactly?" My Beta asks, while obviously not making eye contact by staring at the wall.

"The two men who saved my life, that's who. Niall and Liam, wasn't it?" I'm pretty positive that was their names.

"Oh, them. Well, I gave them the two of the nicest empty houses around. I managed to get them both a job as guards and Liam's also a tracker which could come in handy."

After Niall and Liam had saved my life, I made sure they wouldn't have to go back to being wandering rogues. The two men had shown honesty and bravery by saving me and venturing back into the territory to get help for me. I had decided to make them members of the pack, which we could use do to the fatalities from the HalfMoon pack's attack so long ago.

"Um, Will called this morning." Louis hesitantly says, nervously looking towards me.

"When this morning?" I ask. I don't remember hearing any phone ringing.

"Uh, somewhere around your little pep talk." He answers with a roll of his eyes.

"What pep talk?" I didn't give anyone a pep talk this morning.

"Yes you were. You were giving it to Lily. And that's not the only thing you were giving to her." He makes that face that someone makes when they're talking about you-know-what, but they won't just come right out and say anything about it.

"This house needs thicker walls."

"I agree, Alpha. I definitely agree."

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Unknown POV -

A plan to be set into motion. A letter written and ready to be delivered. Personally, by me.

"You sure this is the right way to go about this?" Dawson asks, nervously fidgeting around.

"Look, this way all the deaths will be avenged and we'll return to power. We'll get out territory back as well as that bastard's own land." I growl.

"Is it really worth all this?" Dawson asks.

"Yes." I snap.

We arrive to the border and we're met by a border guard, who doesn't try to kill us at the first sighting. Already being treated better than that Styles Alpha would allow.

"We're here to meet with Alpha Malik." I tell the guard who nods in understanding.

"He's expecting you. Follow me." Dawson and I follow the guard for quite a while, until we approach an official-looking building and we enter and are checked twice for weapons by security guards.

Once checked, we are led to a large office where we finally get to see the Alpha himself.

"Ah, you're here already. I'm Alpha Zayn Malik. And you're the Beta from the HalfMoon pack, correct me if I'm wrong." He laughs and shakes both mine and Dawson's hand. Then leads us to seats where we sit and my plan begins.

"I am Beta Gerald Startle of the HalfMoon pack. Back when there was a HalfMoon pack." I watch carefully to see Alpha Malik's face contort into one of slight confusion.

"Wait, the pack isn't...what happened? Did the pack divide? I hadn't heard about this." He asks, obviously interested. Obviously falling into place of my plan.

"It was destroyed. Killed off, torn apart. Only a few lucky members survived the attack and now we live like rogues." I play the pity card and watch Alpha Malik's reactions.

"What happened?"

"The Styles Pack. Apparently, the young Alpha they have got land-greedy and planned an attack which we were anything but prepared for. Completely unexpected." I let out a sigh. Fake.

"My god. He attacked for land? Why would he need more land?" Malik asks.

"He's young. Apparently he had some pack members who didn't believe he had it in him to run his pack. Couldn't do as good as his old man, you know. He decided the best way to prove himself was to expand his empire, as it were. He proved he could lead the pack, that's for sure. Enough to be capable to wipe out an entire pack who wasn't ready for them." Malik stands up from his seat and walks over to his desk. I hide my smile, I know I've gotten to him.

"The Styles pack has been a peaceful neighboring pack for decades." He says more to himself than me.

"Which is why we would have never believed, in a million years, that they would destroy a fellow peaceful pack. I could hardly believe it as I fought against them. It hurt me to see a great pack like them stoop so low as to attack without the decency to declare war beforehand." I stood up and approached the Alpha who looked very deep in thought.

"What of your Alpha?" He asks.

"Dead." I answer.

"You're the authority of the HalfMoon pack, then?" He asks.

"I was the Beta. Without their Alpha, the pack turns to me to help them. I knew I couldn't help them as well as an Alpha in this situation." I smirk to myself.

"What do you expect me to do?" He asks.

"Be the better man. Right a wrong." I tell him.

"I'll have to think this over. I'll make arrangements for the two of you to stay in my territory tonight and by morning I will have made a decision."

And just like that, he's fallen in with my plan. It's all fallen into place.