Let Them Kneel (kaelani and Julian) novel Chapter 177

Chapter 177

Kaelani strained against the roots, muscles trembling, fury blazing in her eyes even as the living restraints forced her into submission.

The courtyard lay in violent disarray.

Stone tables had been overturned or hurled aside, some shattered completely, their broken legs jutting from the ground like snapped bones. Lantern poles leaned at crooked angles, their dying light flickering across cracked flagstones and deep gouges carved into the once–polished floor.

Several pillars bore fresh fractures thin spiderweb lines climbing their length where the force of Kaelani’s winds had struck Dust still drifted lazily through the air, settling over scattered game pieces, torn banners, and discarded goblets that rolled slowly across uneven stone.

The celebration was gone.

In its place lingered the raw aftermath of power unleashed.

The Unseelie began to gather themselves.

One by one they rose from the ground – brushing dirt from silks and armor, steadying their footing, casting wary glances toward the center of the courtyard where Kaelani remained bound.

The guards moved more quickly.

They retrieved their fallen weapons with grim efficiency, checking shafts and tips for damage. Some spears were intact.

Others were not.

The commander located his at last.

He lifted it inspected the cracked metal where golden power had once coursed smoothly through its length.

His expression darkened.

Without hesitation, he hurled the ruined spear aside. It struck the stone with a sharp, echoing clatter before sliding to a stop.

Then he turned.

And walked toward Kaelani.

Measured steps.

Controlled fury.

He raised one hand.

The roots responded instantly.

They tightened around her wrists with cruel obedience, the bark grinding against her skin as they constricted further deep enough to break flesh. Thin lines of blood welled and began to track down her forearms.

Kaelani’s body jolted at the sudden surge of pain.

But she refused to give him the satisfaction of a scream.

Her teeth clenched.

A strangled breath escaped instead

And when she lifted her gaze again…

sharp, contained.

biting

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The fire in her eyes had only grown hotter.

“Enough.”

Draevyn’s voice cut cleanly through the fractured turmoil of the courtyard.

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He stepped forward at last, rolling his sleeves slowly to his forearms as though preparing for something far more mundane than the subjugation of a future queen.

The commander immediately released his hold.

But the roots did not.

They remained coiled around Kaelani’s wrists with relentless force

them.

tightening just enough to remind her who controlled

Kaelani closed her eyes and suddenly a flash of violet light exploded around her.

For one breathless instant, she vanished.

Then she reappeared exactly where she had been.

Still bound.

Still forced to her knees.

Still bleeding.

Draevyn laughed.

Low. Delighted. Cruel.

“I burned binding sigils into the roots,” he said conversationally, as though explaining a lesson to an inattentive student.” Teleportation cannot sever them.”

He tilted his head.

“Oh, how pointless imprisonment would be if it could.”

A soft click of his tongue.

“You still have much to learn.”

He began to circle her slowly, boots grinding over shattered stone and splintered debris.

“You will have to break my bindings yourself,” he continued. “Assuming you are capable.”

His gaze dragged over her – measuring, dismissive.

“You wield power like a child playing with flame. Bright. Dangerous. Completely unaware of what you are about to burn.”

Kaelani’s wolf surged beneath her ribs.

A warning growl vibrated through her chest.

Draevyn stopped in front of her again.

The faint amusement vanished from his face.

“In light of your actions,” he said coolly, “you are declared a perilous force within the Fae realm.”

He waited

not for reaction, but for comprehension.

“Your power will be suppressed,” he finished. “And your existence… corrected.”

He was close enough now that the air between them felt charged

brittle with violence barely held in check.

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Draevyn lifted a hand.

Slowly.

Deliberately.

As though he meant to soothe a frightened creature rather than subdue a rival.

His fingers reached for her chin.

Kaelani jerked back with sudden, feral aggression, the roots wrenching tighter as she recoiled. Fury flashed across her face raw, unhidden her wolf snarling just beneath her skin.

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viret wistend something dangerous flickered in Dræevyn’s eyes.

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