Chapter 297 Temptation & Her Mistress

Logan

The symphony of the ballroom surrounded us: the gentle murmur of voices, the soft clink of glasses, and the mesmerizing notes of the orchestra weaving a spell around the dancing couples.

But amidst all the sounds, there was a silence, a charged void, between Ella and me. Every step we took, every turn, and every glide was a wordless conversation.

My wolf, always alert beneath the surface, yearned to entangle with hers, to join in a dance of their own. I could feel the pull, the almost magnetic attraction between our two spirits, and it was maddening.

“I wish she would let me in,” my wolf complained, his voice a growl in the back of my mind as it mirrored my own turmoil. “Just for a moment.”

“I know,” I answered. “She’s a fortress.”

No matter what I did, Ella and her wolf resisted. There was a barrier, a wall she had erected, both to protect herself and to maintain at distance from the chaos of my world. My wolf growled low in frustration, longing to bridge that gap, to assert our bond..

I wanted to pull her close, to feel her breath against my lips, to lose myself in the intoxicating allure she radiated. The urge was overwhelming, almost primal, yet the conscious part of me fought it..

I knew it wasn’t the time, nor the place.

“You keep staring at me,” Ella said, a ghost of a smirk playing on her lips. “It’s weird.”

a twirl as the

“You’re flirting with me.” “So what if I am?” I asked.

approached, and the intensity between us grew. My hand tightened on her waist, her fingers gripped my shoulder a tad firmer,

fall was tantalizing. But just as the dance concluded, with our faces inches apart and the promise of a kiss hanging in the air, I felt the weight of a

the side and met my father’s piercing eyes.

have sensed the shift, the sudden tension. Her eyes, previously soft and lost

I swallowed hard, the words catching in my throat, “get yourself

voice betraying

gracefully made her way to the bar, I took a deep breath, attempting to quell the tempest of emotions within. I knew I had to face

note still lingered in the air as 1 walked over to my father, a poignant reminder of the emotional whirlwind

yet, the very elements of

cut through the gossamer thread of thoughts weaving Ella

reminded me of the old oaks on our family estate-solid, enduring, and occasionally imposing. “Your ‘girlfriend’ seems quite taken with the hired help,” he remarked

his. Ella, in her ethereal beauty, looked slightly out of place amidst the grandeur, like a wildflower in

on my lips. “She has a way

I allowed you and your Alpha Princess to play your little game

had no choice,” I defended, my gaze still fixed on Ella. “Rodrick beat that escort, and you and I

taking on half of the men in this place,” my father said, subtly gesturing around with his martini glass. “Then perhaps after that, you’ll go straight for the pimp

in the corner. He wore a blood red suit, with snakeskin shoes and a dark look in his eyes.

bill in quite some time, so

over, his gait confident. Marina, dressed in an expensive red dress, was on his arm, laughing at something he had whispered. But the laugh only went as far as her lips; it didn’t reach her

day. Where I was reserved, he was boisterous. He reveled in the attention,

on his lips. “Drowning in the depths of another philosophical debate

Harry to Marina. “And you,

“Harry does have a way of making everything feel light-hearted,” she said, giving me that snakelike look once more. “Where is your

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