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.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7lT7KJcQH
Gentle.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QdvM7fXSn
Unshaken.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07KB9jAZlj
Stupidly pure.
“Why you?” she murmured.
She should’ve walked away.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bsGTjHTPj
She should’ve vanished the moment their eyes met.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrp7ULEnnB2
But something inside her—something ancient and stubborn—refused.
Every fallen has a tether, a soul they’re doomed to meet again and again.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTYCLRYYCr
Some call it punishment. Others, a curse.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyEdCx1K9H
Lilith called it her damnation.
Because no matter what form he wore…6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTG6mana2Xu
She always fell.
That night, she broke her own rule.
She stepped into the café.
No invisibility, no illusions.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfiEt1QyUG
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.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxETnnBRDn
“But I know you.”
Daniel tilted his head, something like a frown touching his lips.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwAhno7MpHS
Not fear. Not rejection.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLi01YDO8Kp
Recognition?
“Have we met before?”
Lilith didn’t answer.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKNzS6H3aX
Because the truth was crueler than any lie.
I’ve watched you die a hundred times.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFFQxJsDtY
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.6Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJglBiikZJP
And that want could ruin them both… again.
