Let Them Kneel (kaelani and Julian) novel Chapter 184

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The collision screamed between them–raw, unrelenting–as their power slammed together in a sustained

clash.

Kaelani pushed forward with her arms locked and shoulders braced, violet pouring from her hands in a relentless stream. It burned through his gold inch by inch, slow but certain.

Draevyn didn’t move. One hand stayed extended, holding her, containing her, as if this were still nothing more than a nuisance.

Arrogant. Of course he was.

But the gold began to give. Subtle at first, then more, as violet pressed deeper and swallowed the edges, eating through the brilliance of his power as it drew closer.

Something in his expression tightened–not fear.

Irritation.

His jaw set. His eyes sharpened.

Then his other hand lifted.

Gold surged–heavier, denser–slamming into the clash with a force that cracked the air like thunder.

Kaelani staggered back a fraction, boots skidding across fractured stone as her balance broke just enough to matter. She didn’t fall. She didn’t retreat. Her teeth clenched, and her power flared in answer.

She held–and pushed harder.

For a moment, it balanced.

Then Draevyn staggered.

Barely. Half a step.

But it was there. Kaelani seized it and drove forward, violet crashing into gold and forcing it back–pushing him, driving him-

Until he answered.

Not with irritation.

With intent.

The gold flared–blinding, dense–surging outward in a crushing wave that didn’t just meet her power.

It overtook it.

The pressure hit like a wall. Kaelani’s body jerked as the force drove into her, heels dragging across the broken foundation until stone split beneath them. Inches became more. Her strength burned, but the gold kept coming.

Draevyn’s mouth curved, not amused—something darker.

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“You feel it, don’t you?” he said, smooth and cruel. “The difference between us.”

Kaelani shoved harder. Violet surged brighter-

-and the gold didn’t falter.

It advanced.

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“You can push all you like,” he continued, almost thoughtful. “Dress it up as strength… call it defiance…”

His gaze dragged over her.

“But it doesn’t change what you are.”

Her wolf snarled beneath her ribs, furious and answering.

Draevyn’s eyes gleamed.

“You are not my equal, Kaelani.”

The words landed like a blade.

“You are half of something that could have been absolutely glorious… watered down by something inferior. And neither side is strong enough to stand on its own.”

Rage hit her hard. She pushed anyway.

But it wasn’t enough.

The gold drove forward again–and this time it drove her down.

Kaelani’s legs buckled under the crushing force, forcing her to one knee. Stone fractured beneath her with a sharp crack as she fought to hold the line.

Still she resisted.

Still she pushed.

But it was slipping.

Draevyn watched her, calm and unbothered. “Did you really think I needed a touch?” he said beneath the roar. “A kiss? Or that I needed to fuck you to take your power?”

He pressed harder, forcing her down to both knees.

“I don’t.”

His smile deepened.

“It’s just funner that way.”

The gold flared – and then it changed.

Kaelani felt it first.

A pull. Subtle. Wrong.

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Then she saw it: her violet, thread by thread, being dragged into the gold.

Not just pushing back.

Taken.

Her breath caught. Her focus wavered for a single second.

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Draevyn’s eyes locked on hers, satisfied. “Silly girl…” His voice dropped darker. “I was waiting for you to do that.”

His gaze flicked to the stream of violet bleeding into gold, then back to her. “To come at me with everything you had.”

A pause–soft, certain.

“You gave me exactly what I wanted.”

Kaelani fought anyway. She had to. But the gold surged closer, no longer meeting her power–consuming it.

Her violet unraveled as it fed into his light.

She felt every pull like something being torn from inside her.

Not pressure.

Loss.

The gold didn’t strike anymore.

It enclosed.

A dome of light sealed around her, bleeding her power through her skin in slow, relentless draws. Her body weakened as the drain deepened, strength slipping with it.

Her wolf recoiled beneath her ribs–smaller, fading.

Draevyn’s words echoed, sharp as a wound.

Neither side is strong enough to stand on its own.

And in the terrible quiet of that cocoon, the thought landed like poison:

What if he was right?

She’d spent her entire life turning away from the part of herself tied to a world that rejected her. She buried it. Left it in the dark.

But when the other side awakened, it made her feel strong. Worthy. Seen.

So she clung to it–fed it–favored it-

while the other half remained where she’d abandoned it.

Waiting.

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Her wolf whimpered–low, vibrating through bone, through breath, through something deeper than flesh.

Draevyn opened his arms slowly, as if welcoming what was already his. His eyes closed, breath drawn in, anticipating that rush of raw power pouring into him.

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