CHAPTER FOUR : The Dream He Shouldn’t Remember
Daniel couldn’t sleep.
There was a heaviness in his chest, like a name he couldn’t pronounce pressing against his ribs. He tossed under the thin sheets of his small apartment, the rain still tapping on his windows like it carried secrets.
Then came the dream.
He stood in a field of white flowers under a golden sky, barefoot and bleeding.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1mQxNffe4M
Across from him stood her.
Not the woman from the café.
No—this Lilith was in full light, her wings unfurled in brilliant flame, her eyes glowing like suns that knew too much.
But her face… it was the same.
“Why did you do it?” he asked in the dream.
She didn’t cry. She never cried.
“Because I loved you.”
And just like that, he fell—backward, endlessly, like he’d been thrown from the heavens themselves.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqLk4GDUs5p
And Lilith?
She was left reaching after him, screaming without sound, her wings turning black.
Daniel woke up gasping.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1AurLkA2s
His shirt clung to him, soaked with sweat.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQjBvqZUhY
His fingers trembled.
And her name was on his lips.
"Lilith..."
Elsewhere, on the same rooftop where she watched him before, Lilith clutched her chest.
She felt it.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtmH1m9MSG
That surge in his soul.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfjQeKZgQWo
That whisper of memory trying to surface.
That wasn’t supposed to happen.
The curse was clear—each reincarnation should begin clean. Unknowing.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gJy7sOkeP
He shouldn’t remember her. Not even in dreams.
Which meant something was changing.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJU9pCufDH
Something dangerous.
She closed her eyes, willing herself not to feel.
But it was too late.21Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnySrTrquka
His soul remembered hers.
And the universe never forgets a love it once punished.
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