CHAPTER EIGHT : The First Crack in Heaven’s Lie
Daniel didn’t mean to find her.
Not like this.
He was just… walking.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XTrzQJw1L
Following a pulse he didn’t understand.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3qIcAL49aH
Like a compass buried in his chest, spinning only for her.
He didn’t expect the alley.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibTntaCHRj
Didn’t expect the rain again.
Didn’t expect her—Lilith, collapsed against a brick wall, skin pale, body trembling, and a scorch mark on her side like it had been burned from the inside out.
He ran.
“Lilith?”
Her eyes fluttered. Her lips parted, barely breathing.
“I said I wouldn’t come back.”23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQIbKlo8iH
Her voice was broken glass. “But you called me.”
Daniel knelt, hands hovering helplessly over her.
“What’s happening to you?”
She gave a tired smile.
“You’re waking me up.”
He stared at the mark—red, glowing faintly like embers under her skin.
“Is that from me?”
She didn’t answer. But her silence screamed yes.
“I don’t understand. Who are you really?”
And that’s when her wings appeared.
Not spread. Not soaring.
Just… flickering.
Like shadowy memories folding behind her back.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgmboCKAf8
Black feathers rimmed with silver fire. Fractured. Glorious.
Daniel stepped back—stunned, terrified, in awe.
“You’re—”
Lilith’s eyes locked onto his.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaLGCqjsy3
And for the first time, she didn’t lie.
“I was an angel once. Now I’m just a curse that wears a pretty face.”
He should’ve run.
But instead, Daniel knelt again.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsMQzBYswgR
Took her hand.
“Then let me carry the curse with you.”
Somewhere above, thunder cracked like a scream.23Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmXvnNFQKP
Azrael turned his gaze to the heavens.
“They’ve made their choice.”
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Heaven heard it.
The last warning had been spent.
Now came judgment.
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