Chapter 274 Intrigue & Devastation

Ella

When Logan’s brother questioned me about my mother, I felt a sudden heat rising in my cheeks. The audacity of the question, the way he said it, filled with a disdain I couldn’t understand, ignited my temper.

“Teach this one a lesson,” Ema hissed. “Oh, how I’d love to gnash my teeth on his skull…”

“Enough,” I said. “Not now.”

“Interesting, considering Ella isn’t even the biological daughter of the Golden Wolf Moana, isn’t that right?” Logan’s brother taunted. “She’s the bastard child of her father and… Who is your mother, Ella?”

I gritted my teeth, struggling to keep my anger at bay. My biological mother’s identity was none of his business, and the way he had thrown the question at me was downright offensive.

As far as anyone was concerned, Moana was my real mother. It didn’t matter whether she was my biological mother or not. Before I could answer, Marina, dressed in her oh-so-extravagant red dress, chimed in, her voice dripping with condescension.

“Oh, Ella, it must have been so difficult growing up with such a confusing family. I remember reading that Moana actually started off as your nanny, didn’t she? And weren’t there rumors that your little sister was conceived during a one-night stand?”

stab in my chest. My family was being dissected and judged by people who knew nothing

deep breath, working to control my

voice steady but icy. “I’m very happy with the way things

“Forgive me for being concerned about

“Don’t get me started. How many prostitutes

I looked to Marina, whose cool face betrayed no emotion. Her eyes met mine, and flashed

at the head of the table, watching the entire spectacle

amusement. Was this how he watched his sons argue, never

his way of adding fuel to the fire. Marina was about to

the table. “You know, I once met Edrick and Moana

huffed, clearly unhappy with the interruption but compliant. The room

for a moment before

atmosphere lightened somewhat. People moved around, engaging in various conversations, and at one point, I found

of the stools at the small bar with a sigh, I ordered a drink and

the way people mingled and preened. It all felt so familiar, yet so foreign. This facade wasn’t all that different from the boring networking events my family had dragged me

sameness to it. I took a sip of my drink, the bitterness a perfect match for

how they all have to take part in most of the same things as my dad and his business partners?” I asked my wolf, my lips not moving and my face not betraying a hint of my conversation as my eyes wandered

thing,” Ema replied. “Flip sides of the

couldn’t have put

different. There was an undercurrent of danger here, a tension that

their own agendas. The glances, the whispers, the subtle negotiations –

dinner party was supposed to be an ‘engagement party’ for Marina and Harry, but their union was entirely political. I could tell from the way that they didn’t touch, didn’t even

partner in private. And

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