Ethics & Aesthetics: Chapter 1
An ABO Hannigram Pride & Prejudice AU
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single Alpha, in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a mate.
Nowhere was this truth so well fixed â and oft repeated â as within the walls of Wolf Manor, a household dominated by an Alpha woman whose sole aim in life was to get rid of her five children.
âMr Graham,â shrieked the lady in question one Wednesday morning, âhave you heard that Muskrat Hall is let at last?â
Mr Graham and his son, Will, glanced at one another across the breakfast room table where both were enjoying a fine repast of red herrings, and rolled their eyes in unison.
âWill, I suggest that you take your morning ride now. No reason for both of us to suffer needlessly,â muttered Mr Graham, folding down his morning paper with an air of weary resignation as his good ladyâs footsteps echoed  ever more loudly in the outer passage.
Dropping his knife and fork with a resounding clatter, Will pushed back his chair and rose with more haste than grace. 'Thank you, Father,â flashing a grin, 'for your most noble sacrifice.â
'Harrumph. Be off with you, child.â
Boots clattering over the cobbles of the courtyard - having availed himself of the escape route provided by the servantsâ entrance - Will found himself ambushed by his two most excitable sisters.
'Will, you will never guess!â cried Abigail, running across the yard, skirts billowing around her ankles as a fresh October breeze whipped them up. 'There is to be a ball at the Red Dragon Inn ââ
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