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.

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

I can do. Calvin connived with another to drug an alpha. That isn't

everything I did to her, and Calvin isn't wholly to blame for the torture I put her

it." I tell her this time with authority. "Calvin has to pay for his crimes. Sadie paid for a crime

something, but I interrupt

She has the right to decide what to do with Calvin, given that

in her seat in defeat. She knows what 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

but for now, he'll stay in the dungeons until

doesn't stop the tears from falling. They run down her cheeks freely. I hate seeing her in

can't, and I won't take this away from Sadie. I know it will not absolve me from my own mistakes, but I won't make things difficult for her. I won't stand in

this. Anything but releasing