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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcR1FDA3NPB
Gentle.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGS6F5SUul
Unshaken.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc67E8fehIS
Stupidly pure.
“Why you?” she murmured.
She should’ve walked away.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLt3wZLhpa
She should’ve vanished the moment their eyes met.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLeQircZXtC
But something inside her—something ancient and stubborn—refused.
Every fallen has a tether, a soul they’re doomed to meet again and again.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoP6LZbJCQy
Some call it punishment. Others, a curse.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1v0Qj33szR
Lilith called it her damnation.
Because no matter what form he wore…28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvwkaESCXgi
She always fell.
That night, she broke her own rule.
She stepped into the café.
No invisibility, no illusions.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCfzrHxfmN
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwMzi00PTi
“But I know you.”
Daniel tilted his head, something like a frown touching his lips.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2PDoUaI5X
Not fear. Not rejection.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAbCkxTxwd
Recognition?
“Have we met before?”
Lilith didn’t answer.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYby2Fu9lkp
Because the truth was crueler than any lie.
I’ve watched you die a hundred times.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTxtrD15Sa
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.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6QuqWuVube
And that want could ruin them both… again.
