Let Them Kneel (kaelani and Julian) novel Chapter 106

He snapped the notebook shut, then reopened it with dramatic flair, turning a few pages like an actor delivering a practiced monologue.

“Ah. Right here.”

He read aloud, tone dripping contempt:

“‘What am I supposed to do?’”

Draevyn looked up slowly, eyes locking with Julian’s across the table.

“‘Bring a wolfless Omega home and announce her as Luna?’”

He let the words hang.

“Sounds like you meant that one. Didn’t you, Mr. Hale?”

Julian turned toward Kaelani—and this time, she didn’t look away.

She wasn’t even trying to mask the pain in her expression.

Or maybe she just simply couldn’t.

The ache in her eyes pierced him in a way no weapon ever could.

“He’s taking my words out of context, Kaelani,” Julian said, his voice fraying at the edges.

He gestured toward Draevyn, like trying to swat away a shadow.

“Don’t you see what he’s trying to do?”

Draevyn circled the room with mock innocence, tapping the notebook against his palm.

“What I’m trying to do,” he said almost gently, “is help her see the truth.”

His gaze flicked to Kaelani, his tone softening—but only slightly.

“That’s not even the worst of it, Kaelani.”

He stopped just behind her, silver eyes glinting.

“The worst part is… deep down, since the very night he scented you, he knew you were his mate.”

Draevyn met Julian’s eyes, his expression carved from stone.

“He felt it in his bones. In his soul. But he also knew what claiming you would mean… what he’d be forced to give up.”

Kaelani turned to Julian, searching his face.

“Is that true?” she asked softly.

“Did you know we were mates?”

Julian hesitated—his mouth opened, then closed again.

His eyes darted from Kaelani to Draevyn, then back.

“I wasn’t a hundred percent sure,” he finally muttered.

Draevyn clapped a hand to his chest in mock sympathy.

“Oh? Not a hundred?”

He began circling again, tone biting.

“What was it, then? Fifty? Sixty? Seventy? Eighty?”

He leaned in, eyebrows raised.

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