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.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85OfQoHnYu
Gentle.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvvBIE0uUJ
Unshaken.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnfbTiSOdp
Stupidly pure.
“Why you?” she murmured.
She should’ve walked away.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKo8lsKJeXf
She should’ve vanished the moment their eyes met.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefTrQIfEXg
But something inside her—something ancient and stubborn—refused.
Every fallen has a tether, a soul they’re doomed to meet again and again.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9PqEuiF7K
Some call it punishment. Others, a curse.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXjSYLCNjLA
Lilith called it her damnation.
Because no matter what form he wore…21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZJO0Ilf9rn
She always fell.
That night, she broke her own rule.
She stepped into the café.
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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.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAhrujaZCD
“But I know you.”
Daniel tilted his head, something like a frown touching his lips.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLisjfP0dD
Not fear. Not rejection.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2IYcDAvS8
Recognition?
“Have we met before?”
Lilith didn’t answer.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VJonItiDv
Because the truth was crueler than any lie.
I’ve watched you die a hundred times.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnpfeFN0ib
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.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpqjvIcyT0
And that want could ruin them both… again.
