Underwater

Meadow sat on the staircase of her house, listening to her parents' conversation. The Luna of the whitewood pack was with them, and they were having a discussion that involved Meadow. Although they knew she was at the stairs, they did not bother. She was as good as invisible in the pack and posed no threat to anyone. Meadow was the only child of Tamar and Blake Clearwater and the least favoured in the pack. She was a lovely brunette with blue doe eyes and porcelain skin. Meadow had everything most women dreamed of, but she was greatly flawed by her condition. Soon, her looks stopped counting as she gradually faded into the shadows of her pack. People teased her growing up, but now they just ignored her. Her tears had stopped giving her peers joy. She had mastered invisibility perfectly that people never noticed her anymore. Meadow's voice was stolen at a young age and has remained mute ever since. Her parents spent a fortune trying to help her get her voice back, but it was to no

Meadow woke up late the following day. She got off the bed and realised Ethan was not lying in his bed. She looked at the clock, and it was eight in the morning. How could she have overslept on her first day? It was a weird thought being she just got married, but realising it was a job took away the joy. What made her sad wasn't the fact that her parents had deceived her, that her husband was a cripple or that he was mean. She would have made it work nonetheless. Ethan was a very handsome man, more so than his brother, and he was more feared than Joseph. She would have found a way to make it work. What hurt her the most were Luna Amber's words and how she presented the matter. If they wanted a nanny, they should have hired one on a strict contract instead of marrying a wife for Alpha Ethan. Then again, a nanny could not carry the Alpha's children, and children born out of wedlock could never inherit. Nonetheless, taking her phone from her and giving her strict rules was a low b

Meadow packed her bags quickly. She did not bother with fancy clothes or make-up. Ethan had proffered a temporary escape for her, and she would take it. She knew Luna Amber would eventually get her way and have to do what the woman wanted, but she needed time to accept it. "Are you ready?" Ethan asked in a stern voice. She exited the closet with her bag and nodded quickly. "What about you?" She signed, and he turned his wheelchair around. "I have my things there," he said and moved towards the door. "Come on. I do not want to have another altercation with her," he said, and she followed him quickly. Ethan dreaded going to the cabin, but that was the quickest and closest place he could take her to. He had shared the cabin with his ex, Cynthia, and the place was filled with the memories he shared with her. It would be a painful stay for him, but he wanted to stop his mother from ruining Meadow's life. He knew she was untouched and believed his mother's plan was cruel. They left

"Hello," Ethan said on the phone, and Joseph sighed on his end. "Alpha," he said to his brother. "Yes," Ethan replied, sounding a bit short. "Where are you? Mother has been going crazy," Joseph asked. He did sound like he did not want to call, but the pressure was so much that he couldn't help it. "Tell her to mind her business and find another thing to do," Ethan said calmly, and Joseph sighed. "Honestly, I do not support what she is planning on doing. Did you try to reason with her?" Joseph asked out of concern. "I did, and she refused, claiming she owned the girl as if she was an object. She is mute, Joseph, that is all. There is nothing wrong with her. I cannot let mother ruin a life to please herself. She is untouched, and mother wants to put her through artificial insemination," he told his brother, and Joseph could understand Ethan's rage. "She knew what she was getting into, Ethan. Her parents willingly..." Joseph said, and Ethan cut him. "She didn't, Joseph. I believe

Meadow and Ethan returned to their bedroom. She was still pissed at how Amber referred to her, but she wondered if Ethan was telling the truth about trying with her. She did not know how to feel about the situation, especially if the man would only be doing so out of pity. She would rather be his live-in nanny than for him to flaunt her as his wife out of charity. Meadow watched Ethan wheel himself about the room and wondered what was going on in his mind. How did he plan on making his mother believe him? He was not going to touch her, nor was he planning on claiming and marking her. It would buy them time, but soon she knew she would have to submit herself to Luna Amber for the insemination. She made up her mind to condition her mind and accepted the inevitable. Ethan wheeled himself out of the room, and she went to the bathroom to freshen up. Ethan returned to the room and noticed she was in the bathroom. So he waited for her to come out. Meadow wasn't expecting him to be in, so