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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpti5YvfWH
Gentle.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iwSFqCqDV
Unshaken.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYQsmtUKPQ
Stupidly pure.
“Why you?” she murmured.
She should’ve walked away.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjv8DPPzVa
She should’ve vanished the moment their eyes met.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0G28Sp3zq
But something inside her—something ancient and stubborn—refused.
Every fallen has a tether, a soul they’re doomed to meet again and again.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh8zPscgokJ
Some call it punishment. Others, a curse.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fmfa5k5Gy
Lilith called it her damnation.
Because no matter what form he wore…27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4EQOV8ziM
She always fell.
That night, she broke her own rule.
She stepped into the café.
No invisibility, no illusions.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2rwIYWEoa5
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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpUf5wKUgy
“But I know you.”
Daniel tilted his head, something like a frown touching his lips.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZODKd4A8X
Not fear. Not rejection.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCVog0maTg
Recognition?
“Have we met before?”
Lilith didn’t answer.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8kz42xb9R
Because the truth was crueler than any lie.
I’ve watched you die a hundred times.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7epSKc1W7v
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.27Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTf8EjN9mf4
And that want could ruin them both… again.
