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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSjlbtCa9U
Gentle.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJP7Qw0obW
Unshaken.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUMcwxscbNO
Stupidly pure.
“Why you?” she murmured.
She should’ve walked away.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEHVW3ZMn9
She should’ve vanished the moment their eyes met.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGqfU7YYid4
But something inside her—something ancient and stubborn—refused.
Every fallen has a tether, a soul they’re doomed to meet again and again.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOBwc9OWLF
Some call it punishment. Others, a curse.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFzmct12cP
Lilith called it her damnation.
Because no matter what form he wore…8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIrCzvbrvI
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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUACXyMTGJW
“But I know you.”
Daniel tilted his head, something like a frown touching his lips.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYIhAYWtz8
Not fear. Not rejection.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oCfULEXa2
Recognition?
“Have we met before?”
Lilith didn’t answer.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQTItcaKugK
Because the truth was crueler than any lie.
I’ve watched you die a hundred times.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡernA080IIH
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.8Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfj8QwGYcwb
And that want could ruin them both… again.
