Let Them Kneel (kaelani and Julian) novel Chapter 158

Chapter 158

She wasn’t just tired.

She was exhausted.

A deep, soul–weary fatigue spread through her, the kind that made it feel as if she hadn’t slept in days… maybe longer.

The room blurred.

Darkness folded over her thoughts.

And then-

The dream pulled her under.

The moment her feet touched the ground, Kaelani knew where she was.

The Seelie Court.

Cold marble stretched beneath her feet, the same eerie corridor unfolding before her. Tall pillars lined the hall like silent sentries, their pale surfaces glowing faintly in the dull light that filled the space.

At the far end, the throne room waited.

Kaelani felt it again–that unseen pull.

Not a command.

A summons.

And this time… she didn’t resist.

Her footsteps echoed softly through the hall as she moved forward, letting the invisible thread guide her deeper into the hall until the massive throne room doors loomed before her once more.

They parted without sound.

Inside, everything remained exactly as she remembered.

Frozen.

Time held captive in a silent, unmoving moment.

And there–upon the throne-

sat the Seelie Queen.

Lyressa.

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Kaelani approached slowly this time.

Curiosity had long since overtaken fear.

She studied the queen’s face again–the troubled expression, the regal posture locked in eternal stillness. Lyressa looked like a statue carved from moonlight.

Kaelani leaned closer, her eyes narrowing as she studied the queen’s face more carefully.

And then she saw it.

A tear.

A single crystalline tear that had slipped from the corner of Lyressa’s eye, frozen halfway down her

cheek.

A voice echoed suddenly through the chamber.

Not spoken.

Felt.

Inside her mind.

Unseelie Queen…

The sound stretched unnaturally, like wind threading through hollow stone.

Born of two realms…

The words seemed to curl through the air, dragging along the edges of her thoughts.

See…

Kaelani straightened slowly.

Something inside her stirred–not fear this time, but frustration.

Enough of the riddles.

Enough of the fragments.

“Fine,” Kaelani muttered into the silent throne room.

Her voice echoed faintly through the frozen hall.

“You want me to see?”

Her jaw tightened.

“Then show me.”

Without fully understanding why–or what compelled her–Kaelani stepped forward and reached for

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Lyressa’s hand.

What she was about to do had been forbidden in the Fae realm for centuries.

She was going to dream–walk the Seelie Queen.

The Queen had been dragging Kaelani into her domain–into her dreams… or perhaps her nightmares.

Now Kaelani would drag the Queen into hers.

The moment her fingers touched Lyressa’s skin, something ancient stirred.

Something powerful.

Light exploded across the world.

Blinding.

Alive.

It flooded every corner of her senses, pouring through her like sunlight after an endless night–a radiant brilliance that felt like the very light that breathes life into the world.

Kaelani gasped as air rushed into her lungs–sharp, desperate, as though she had been drowning for an eternity and only now remembered how to breathe.

When her vision cleared, the throne room stood before her again.

But this time…

it wasn’t frozen.

It was alive.

The air hummed with magic–warm, vibrant, thriving. Silk banners bearing ancient Seelie crests swayed gently above the hall.

Courtiers moved through the chamber in elegant gowns and tailored robes, their voices soft and musical as they spoke in quiet conversation.

Life.

This was the throne room as it had once been.

Before the silence.

Before the curse.

Kaelani tried to move-

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But her body didn’t obey.

Hands–elegant, pale hands–rested against the throne’s armrests.

Not hers.

A Seelie guard stepped forward, bowing respectfully before offering his hand.

“My Queen.”

Kaelani rose with his help.

But when she looked down-

the body moving wasn’t her own.

She walked forward, guided by instinct she didn’t understand, leaving the throne room behind as attendants and courtiers dipped their heads in quiet reverence.

Her steps carried her into the adjoining hall.

There, a small decorative table stood against the wall, its surface carved from polished ivory. A mirror rested atop it–tall and framed in a beautiful array of flowers.

Kaelani stopped before it.

Slowly-

she looked up.

And froze.

The woman staring back at her wasn’t Kaelani.

Piercing blue eyes shone like the clearest ocean water beneath sunlight.

Long platinum hair spilled over her shoulders in silken waves, braided with delicate threads of silver.

A gown of luminous white and pale sapphire draped her figure, woven from fabric that shimmered like captured starlight–every inch of it unmistakably regal.

Fit for a queen.

Not just any queen.

The Seelie Queen.

Lyressa.

Kaelani’s breath caught in her throat as the realization settled over her like a rising storm.

She wasn’t just watching the memory.

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She was inside it.

And somewhere beyond the reflection–deep within the dream-

Lyressa was watching her too.

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