Let Them Kneel (kaelani and Julian) novel Chapter 26

“Fuck,” Julian growled under his breath, shoving back from the desk, pacing like a caged animal. Knotting alone wasn’t just humiliating—it was unheard of. It wasn’t supposed to happen outside of rut or a bonded mate.

And it sure as hell wasn’t supposed to happen because of a dream.

The knot won’t go down. Sweat beads his brow, his chest heaving as the minutes tick by. The pressure is relentless, sharp enough to make him grit his teeth. He knows it isn’t going to resolve on its own.

With a curse, he drags his hands through his hair and opens the mind link. “Jace”.

The Beta answers immediately, alert. “Alpha?”

Julian’s throat works, shame hot as acid. Bring Dr. Aldric to my office. Now. And keep it quiet.

There’s a pause on the other end. A long, telling pause. But then Jace’s voice comes steady, professional. “Understood”.

Julian shuts the link, jaw locking as he braces his palms on the desk, his breath ragged. He didn’t know which was worse—the fact that this was happening at all, or the truth behind why.

The door opened without ceremony, Jace stepping in first, Dr. Aldric close behind.

Julian stayed seated behind his desk, shoulders rigid, palms pressed flat against the wood. His gaze flicked up, sharp enough to cut, but the steel in it was undercut by the tension in his jaw.

“Alpha,” Dr. Aldric said carefully, closing the door behind him. “Is everything alright? I came immediately when Beta Jace explained you had requested my presence.”

Julian’s throat worked, his voice low, rough. “That’s… the problem. I…don’t even know how to explain this.”

For a long moment, the silence stretched taut. Then Julian shoved back his chair and rose to his feet. His hand gripped the edge of the desk like he might splinter the wood in two, his other tugging his shirt lower in a futile attempt at cover. Finally, with a growl of frustration, he lifted his shirt and let them see.

“Oh, shit,” Jace blurted, eyes going wide.

Dr. Aldric blinked once, twice, as if his brain refused to process what he was seeing. “That’s…not possible,” he murmured, voice dropping to a stunned whisper.

Because Julian stood there, cock hard, swollen, and locked tight in a full knot—without a female anywhere in sight.

Dr. Aldric cleared his throat, still staring as if sheer focus might explain it. “Alpha…how did this happen?”

Julian’s scowl deepened. “I was asleep. I woke up like this.”

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