Alpha Alec's Redemption by Kathy M

Chapter 0139

"Alec, is there really a need for Calvin to stay in the dungeon?"

I sigh once again as Piper's voice pulls me from my thoughts.

"You know I can't," I reply, taking in a deep breath. "He plotted against me; that's a crime that can't go unpunished."

"B-but what he did led you to your true mate and stopped you from taking an impostor as a mate. That has to mean something," she tries to reason, her desperation clear in her eyes.

"It doesn't work that way, Piper. He conspired against an Alpha and his actions led to a sequence of events that nearly destroyed Sadie's life. Imagine if Sadie had actually died three years ago."

Her eyes fill with tears. She's my sister and I know her. I know her. I know that, despite the truth of my words, she's determined to save her mate.

is. It's stronger for me because Calvin has already marked

at the pain in her eyes, but there is nothing I can do. Calvin connived with another to drug an alpha. That isn't

her, and Calvin isn't wholly to blame

and won't allow it." I tell her this time with authority. "Calvin has to pay for his crimes. Sadie paid

say something, but

this is as much her decision as it is mine. She has the

I said is the truth. Being an alpha gives Sadie the right to make decisions concerning what to do with Calvin. That is something I refuse to take from her after everything

up to Sadie, but for now, he'll stay in the dungeons until a

her cheeks freely. I hate seeing her in pain. I hate seeing her like this, but I just can't do

absolve me from my own mistakes, but I won't make things difficult for her. I won't

and would do anything for her. Anything but this. Anything but releasing Calvin from the dungeons. She needs to understand that what he did didn't