Chapter 9

Bounce's POV

They've never failed me and I know they wouldn't now.

"Alpha, there's fire coming from the restrictions room" a guard came to inform me.

I looked toward the restriction room where he told me, even with the distance I could see the smoke. It wasn't a big deal and I knew there was no cause for alarm.

We have a lot of restricted rooms aside from a normal jail. We do put tougher criminals there or people whom we want to seclude from mingling with others. The room might look comfortable but it has a lot of hidden tutoring weapons in them. Only myself and one other person is allowed in the room. The punishment for anyone whom we put there is enormous, except the person is not a criminal. I wonder who was there causing such ruckus. I didn't bother myself about it because I knew my men would take care of it.

"Mitchell, go take care of it" I ordered my real assistant.

" Yes Alpha" he said and left without hesitation.

Talking about Mitchell, he is my real second in command. I know I said Moi was my second in command but Moi seconds me when it comes to outing. I use Moi for his experience in dealing with things. I have different assistants for different posts but talking about Mitchell, he is the one that second me in all my affairs. He is like a boss to Moi and the rest. I am the only one he takes orders from.

Mitchell is closer to me than anyone in the pack. I wouldn't trade him for anything. His loyalty is well spoken. He is more than a friend to me even if I never called him that. He didn't even know how I felt about him.

Mitchell was on a run when I met him. He is the same age as I am. I was twenty when I met him and he's stuck with me till now. I know it's a very long time but that's the truth. And the real truth was that when I met him, he stole from his Alpha and the Alpha wanted to execute him for stealing but his mother who works in the pack house made him escape.

I know you would be wondering why I'm harbouring a thief. I'll say that if it was me, I would have done worse if I'm in Mitchell's shoes. In fact when we met, we did a lot of stealing together and they were mostly clothes and food. How we started this big pack was all Mitchell's sacrifice. He wouldn't even mind dying for me in the process.

He also wants revenge against his extended family like I did. They are the reason he is where he is today. When he heard my story, he was even more determined to help me even though I had nothing. We both suffered a lot. Unlike Moi that came when things were a little good, Mitchell followed me through the thick and thorns. I know how many times he took the blame for me just so that my revenge plan won't die. Sometimes I do wonder if it was my revenge or his. Of all the people I know, Mitchell is the only one that makes me laugh, the only one I open up to like a family. The only one whom I allow to tame the beast inside of me. I had wished so many times that he is a Beta blood so he could be my Beta. I had also wished that he was a female. I would have married him without a second thought. Whenever I tell Mitchell this, he would say "Bounce it doesn't matter with the post, I'll always be by your side" and he has always fulfilled it.

I even told Gabriel how precious Mitchell is to the pack. I made him accept Mitchell as a boss before I agreed to accept his pack which he gladly accepted. If not that Mitchell isn't an Alpha blood, we would have been said to be non-identical twins. We do all things equally. There wasn't a difference in how I would solve a problem and how he would. He is highly respected, just as I am. In fact the aura he does emit is like the Alpha himself. There was a day I told him that it's as if his wolf is becoming an Alpha and he laughed it off.

Despite our closeness, Mitchell wouldn't disrespect me both privately and publicly. His reference was duly to the Alpha I am. Sometimes I do tell him he is over doing it. It's not as if I haven't had insecurities about him wanting to claim the Alpha but his actions in the past hundreds of years has made me know that there is no betrayal in him.

When Mitchell found his mate, I thought things were going to be different. Even it got to my ears as people said his mate is going to make him see that he is enslaved by me. I was very careful then but it all turned out to be a sham. He was even more loyal than when he was mateless.

As the mate of my second in command, I allowed her to run the pack affairs along with Zin which I know Zin doesn't like but has no choice. She wowed me when she took care of the pack like her own and never tried to claim it as her own. Zin most times tried to suspect things about her but I wouldn't let her continue her words before I scolded her. Zin, if in the normal world, is like a grandma to Mitchell's mate but because of Mitchell, she's a subject under her. I've never seen her act rude to Zin once. I just know Zin only has insecurities which is quite normal. Even when Zin was rude and tried to play boss to her, she was calm and didn't even tell her husband about it. I was the one who got to find out Zin's attitude towards her and scolded Zin angrily. It was then I made Zin know that she's her boss and should be respected and that's how Zin surrendered.

There's a secret about my mate and the mating bond that no one knows about. I didn't even tell Mitchell about it because I knew he would scold me and wouldn't be happy with what I did at all.

The ceremony is over now and I want to have a good sleep. I didn't care a bit about the burning house. I needed a lot of rest before the big plan ahead. I retired to my chambers to have a good deep sleep while I let the rest merry and welcome the new members of the pack.