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.
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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.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.
