CHAPTER SIX : Chasing the Ghost With Crimson Eyes
Daniel couldn’t stop thinking about her.
The woman from the café.
Her eyes were wrong—too ancient, too knowing.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNV5GleHSgE
Her voice carried weight, like it had echoed across lifetimes.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KPe3sSZlE
And her presence? It left fingerprints on his soul.
He’d tried to shake it off.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2WnKpxQDnL
Tried to drown her in work, routine, noise.
But every time he closed his eyes, she was there.
Not just her face—her essence.
The soft rustle of wings.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡheR5ZxczUR
The scent of fire and night.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7RwLsqjU9
The way his chest clenched like a warning and a wish at the same time.
So he searched.
Back at the café. Then the street. Then the alley behind it.
Everywhere he’d seen her.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wqZsG7rvn
Nowhere she remained.
People thought he was losing it.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdc9hk37DPt
Maybe he was.
But obsession has its own language, its own logic.
And Daniel?10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKoI55WQJLR
He was fluent now.
Meanwhile, high above the city, Lilith watched.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD1M1zVmwTZ
Invisible. Untouchable. Aching.
She told herself it was kindness.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vY7HEIsri
That distance was mercy.
But watching him look for her…
Watching him need her like a man slowly starving…
It shattered every wall she’d built since the fall.
Because what’s the point of survival…10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjiR5NAFrZt
If the soul you once lived for forgets how to feel you?
So she broke her rule again.
Rain poured as Daniel stepped out of the bookstore.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeivAjuNez
Defeated. Drenched.
Then he saw her.
Across the street, under a flickering lamppost.
Soaked. Bare. Beautiful.
Their eyes locked.
And without a word, she walked toward him.
Slow. Bold. Reckless.
He didn’t speak.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xWL1TGwVC
He didn’t dare.
Until she was inches away—close enough to drown in her breath.
“Why me?” he asked, trembling.
Her answer?
“Because every version of you still owns me.”
And then…
She kissed him.
In the middle of the storm.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5daYlR0f5p
In front of the world.10Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZe2HX3oUkt
In defiance of fate.
And in that moment—he knew:
He was already falling.
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