CHAPTER THREE :The Soul That Ruined Her
She watched him from a rooftop.
Daniel sat by the window of a cramped little café, scribbling in a leather-bound journal while nursing a chipped mug of coffee. He was nothing like the man from her memories—not in body, not in time.
And yet, his soul felt the same.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAVhHL5g2A
Gentle.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbSJjuHYFog
Unshaken.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ92QXaIBgst
Stupidly pure.
“Why you?” she murmured.
She should’ve walked away.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix5ZbCuUTo
She should’ve vanished the moment their eyes met.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsFHQZHChie
But something inside her—something ancient and stubborn—refused.
Every fallen has a tether, a soul they’re doomed to meet again and again.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36v1jjzgn4
Some call it punishment. Others, a curse.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX5NatsLGim
Lilith called it her damnation.
Because no matter what form he wore…14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRYBm6T9Dw
She always fell.
That night, she broke her own rule.
She stepped into the café.
No invisibility, no illusions.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGoADySsYh
Just her.
The bell above the door chimed, and his eyes rose—warm, curious, alive.
“Hi,” he said, as if they were old friends.
“You don’t know me,” she replied, voice quiet, steady.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ70Cj9AgO3A
“But I know you.”
Daniel tilted his head, something like a frown touching his lips.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhZ0iq5v07P
Not fear. Not rejection.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyMD6sc1hf
Recognition?
“Have we met before?”
Lilith didn’t answer.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZNuKoOfox
Because the truth was crueler than any lie.
I’ve watched you die a hundred times.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOibEoKlxkw
And every time, I was the reason why.
But Daniel only smiled again, kind and open like the world hadn’t broken him yet.
“Would you like to sit down?”
And for the first time in centuries, Lilith’s voice shook.
“I shouldn’t.”
“But you want to.”
And that was the danger.
Because yes—she wanted to.14Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0EMr08QO7
And that want could ruin them both… again.
