Chapter 26: Spiraling Nonsense

(Alpha Aiden POV)

I do not know why I let the conversation with Piper spiral so far out of control.

I had a plan. Confront Piper; punish Piper; move on with my day. Maybe even go back to the conference.

I thought I had thought through all of the possibilities. I had even talked about everything with Beta Jonas.

Admittedly, when I talked to Jonas, he had been uncomfortable. He said the allegations seemed out of character for Piper, which I could not disagree with him about. However, after I told Jonas that it was Xander Ross who called me —and after I told him about the corroborative evidence I had obtained— , he agreed that we needed to take action.

Jonas thought the proposed punishment was too harsh, but he ultimately agreed with it anyway. The idea for the punishment came from Xander, who said it was what he would do if one of his omegas acted the way that Piper had acted. He said that a strong alpha does not let this kind of behavior go unchecked.

Executing the punis