Let Them Kneel (kaelani and Julian) novel Chapter 16

It was hers.

The dream pulled him without warning, dropping him into the cool hush of night. Moonlight pooled across grass, shimmering the edges of a small, familiar garden enclosed by weathered fences. And there—in a short, thin nighty, long dark hair tumbling loose over her shoulders—the woman. The one who lingered in his thoughts no matter how violently he tried to excise her.

She froze when she saw him, her eyes wide, as though she hadn’t expected him either.

For a moment neither of them moved, silence stretching taut between them.

Julian’s breath rumbled low in his chest, his wolf pacing just beneath the surface. His hand flexed at his side, aching to touch, to prove she was more than a dream.

“What are you doing here?” She whispered.

Her voice cut straight through him, too soft, too knowing. He prowled forward, closing the space, and she backed away until her spine met the fence.

Her chest rose and fell in sharp little breaths as he braced an arm above her head, caging her in. Her hands lifted against his chest as if to stop him—but they lingered, trembling, not pushing him away.

In a single motion, he hauled her up, her legs locking around his waist instinctively. “Julian—no.” Her words broke on a gasp.

The sound of his name on her tongue slammed through him like lightning. Heat knifed down his spine, his wolf howling in raw hunger. He hadn’t realized how much he craved hearing it, how deeply it struck when she said it—even like that.

Julian’s lips brushed the curve of her jaw, his control fraying with every heartbeat. “I can’t fight it.”

He thrust into her, the sensation so sharp, so perfect, it stole the breath from his lungs. Her body arched against him as he plunged deep, the feel of her heat, her tightness. Real. It felt real—so real his teeth clenched and his vision blurred.

His hips drove harder, his pace ruthless, unrestrained. Here, there was no need for control, no need for masks. Here, in this dream, he was not the reserved Alpha. He was only a man undone by the woman in his arms.

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