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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwgcHp6IbL
Gentle.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtqkYpeaub
Unshaken.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQCTJDQeQV
Stupidly pure.
“Why you?” she murmured.
She should’ve walked away.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NPX6qZVhU
She should’ve vanished the moment their eyes met.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwYzJa839Kj
But something inside her—something ancient and stubborn—refused.
Every fallen has a tether, a soul they’re doomed to meet again and again.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsrP5F1DR0u
Some call it punishment. Others, a curse.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOBElMSjmp
Lilith called it her damnation.
Because no matter what form he wore…11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArpRhxuXHL
She always fell.
That night, she broke her own rule.
She stepped into the café.
No invisibility, no illusions.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflC1tKwql8
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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SQVIFknTX
“But I know you.”
Daniel tilted his head, something like a frown touching his lips.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEXjxO1Kgo
Not fear. Not rejection.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjOvEOrWT95
Recognition?
“Have we met before?”
Lilith didn’t answer.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJJXD7l6Y6
Because the truth was crueler than any lie.
I’ve watched you die a hundred times.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMVshiYSCS5
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.11Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoAXfxXY9U
And that want could ruin them both… again.
