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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZ5ctXqfTj
Gentle.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUViDsB7KFA
Unshaken.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFGfuBryzY
Stupidly pure.
“Why you?” she murmured.
She should’ve walked away.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyn8OkPYhxv
She should’ve vanished the moment their eyes met.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSh8FebbAY
But something inside her—something ancient and stubborn—refused.
Every fallen has a tether, a soul they’re doomed to meet again and again.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlC1BbjwzAa
Some call it punishment. Others, a curse.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIz6dw3V7X
Lilith called it her damnation.
Because no matter what form he wore…18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXu8zhLoR4
She always fell.
That night, she broke her own rule.
She stepped into the café.
No invisibility, no illusions.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfjqNWEyLi
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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqUDpOpmEr
“But I know you.”
Daniel tilted his head, something like a frown touching his lips.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaUqVaBHomg
Not fear. Not rejection.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNVjBed44u
Recognition?
“Have we met before?”
Lilith didn’t answer.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIsEoyqZwX
Because the truth was crueler than any lie.
I’ve watched you die a hundred times.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVni1hQHcwc
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.18Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvcHgnlbMO
And that want could ruin them both… again.
