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.”

I asked, guiding her gracefully through a twirl as the music

with me.” “So what if I am?” I asked. “You’re a beautiful woman,

notes of the dance approached, and the intensity between us grew. My hand tightened on her waist, her fingers gripped my

the dance concluded, with our faces inches apart and the promise of a

glanced to the side and met my father’s piercing eyes. They held a clear warning,

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

in my throat, “get yourself another drink at the bar. I’ll join

betraying what almost sounded like a hint of

the tempest of emotions within. I knew I had to face my father, to address whatever reservations he held. But the thought of it, the inevitable confrontation, filled me with

air as 1 walked over to my father, a poignant reminder

next, a fierce protector of a stranger. And yet, the very elements of her that baffled me also drew me in, like a ship to

the gossamer

old oaks on our family estate-solid, enduring, and occasionally imposing. “Your ‘girlfriend’ seems quite

her ethereal beauty, looked slightly out of place amidst

shadow of at smile dancing on my lips. “She has a way of connecting with people, a

because the man you brutalized-Rodrick-was a problem. His businesses were cutting a little too close to mine, so I allowed you and your Alpha Princess to play your little game of ‘sticking

you and I both know that it’s a favorite pastime of his. It was about time

the men in this place,” my father said, subtly gesturing around with his martini glass. “Then perhaps after

blood red suit, with snakeskin

quite some time, so it’s all settled now. But

could reply, Harry sauntered over, his gait confident. Marina, dressed in an expensive red dress, was on his arm, laughing at something he had whispered. But the laugh

reserved, he was boisterous. He

voice boomed, a smirk playing on his lips. “Drowning in the depths of another

glancing from Harry to Marina. “And you,

breeze. “Harry does have a way of making everything feel light-hearted,” she said, giving me

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