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.23Please respect copyright.PENANAQPQ1Cy9FkN
Gentle.23Please respect copyright.PENANANdUPrUqnED
Unshaken.23Please respect copyright.PENANAj0TPvjqdUF
Stupidly pure.
“Why you?” she murmured.
She should’ve walked away.23Please respect copyright.PENANAtvSWum4Pr3
She should’ve vanished the moment their eyes met.23Please respect copyright.PENANA0jAVtevmjl
But something inside her—something ancient and stubborn—refused.
Every fallen has a tether, a soul they’re doomed to meet again and again.23Please respect copyright.PENANA6RMRjVQt4E
Some call it punishment. Others, a curse.23Please respect copyright.PENANAIr3dnPC18S
Lilith called it her damnation.
Because no matter what form he wore…23Please respect copyright.PENANA5aCKwp4XcJ
She always fell.
That night, she broke her own rule.
She stepped into the café.
No invisibility, no illusions.23Please respect copyright.PENANAlpZ8vN0enx
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.23Please respect copyright.PENANAAkUjMxMZxq
“But I know you.”
Daniel tilted his head, something like a frown touching his lips.23Please respect copyright.PENANAOj2LczRUVu
Not fear. Not rejection.23Please respect copyright.PENANAACQE55A5VI
Recognition?
“Have we met before?”
Lilith didn’t answer.23Please respect copyright.PENANAzdJ3sh0IJG
Because the truth was crueler than any lie.
I’ve watched you die a hundred times.23Please respect copyright.PENANA7GjlY1ciPq
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.23Please respect copyright.PENANAJtJtxSaR8u
And that want could ruin them both… again.