Seraphina Vale had expected the meeting to be ordinary.
That was what she told herself while driving home that night.
It was just another dinner arranged by her grandfather.
Just another attempt to convince her that she needed someone in her life.
Nothing more.
Yet for some reason, she could not stop thinking about the man she had met.
She still did not know much about him.
She did not know where he came from.
She did not know why his eyes looked like they had seen things no ordinary person could imagine.
And she definitely did not understand why she felt strangely comfortable around him.
“Ridiculous,” Seraphina muttered to herself as she focused on the road.
She had met countless people before.
So why was this one different?
The next morning, Seraphina returned to her normal routine.
Meetings.
Documents.
Business decisions.
Everything was exactly the same.
At least, that was what she wanted to believe.
“You’re smiling.”
Mira’s voice suddenly broke her concentration.
Seraphina looked up from her laptop.
“I am not.”
Mira leaned against the desk and stared at her.
“You are.”
“I was reading something.”
“You were reading a business report.”
“And?”
Mira smiled.
“And you don’t smile when you read business reports.”
Seraphina looked away.
She hated that Mira noticed everything.
“It was nothing.”
Mira laughed softly.
“Nothing that made you smile?”
Seraphina ignored her and returned to her work.
But even as she looked at the documents in front of her, her mind went somewhere else.
Back to those cold eyes.
Back to that strange conversation.
Back to the man who felt like a mystery.
Far away from the busy city, Lucien Silva stood inside an old mansion hidden from human eyes.
The room was dark and silent.
Ancient books covered the shelves.
Strange symbols were carved into the walls.
And in the center of the room stood a large mirror.
For centuries, Lucien had used that mirror to watch the wishes of humans.
To see their desires.
Their weaknesses.
Their desperation.
But today, he was not watching a wish.
He was watching one woman.
Seraphina Vale.
Lucien frowned slightly.
He did not understand what was happening.
The black cross around his neck had never reacted to a human before.
Not once.
The cross was not simply an object.
It was connected to his existence.
His power.
His identity.
Yet yesterday, when he met her, it moved.
Almost as if it recognized her.
“This is impossible,” Lucien said quietly.
A shadow moved behind him.
“Impossible things happen around you more often than you admit.”
Lucien turned around.
An old man stood there, his expression serious.
“You are becoming interested in a human,” the man said.
Lucien’s eyes narrowed.
“Do not speak as if you understand.”
The old man smiled slightly.
“I have watched you for hundreds of years. I know when something changes.”
Lucien looked back at the mirror.
“I am only curious.”
“Curiosity is dangerous.”
Lucien remained silent.
Because he knew the old man was right.
That evening, Seraphina received another message from her grandfather.
Grandfather: I hope you enjoyed dinner.
She stared at the message.
Then another one appeared.
Grandfather: I told you he would be different.
Seraphina sighed
She typed a reply.
Seraphina: Don’t get ahead of yourself.
It was just a conversation.
Her grandfather answered almost immediately.
Sometimes everything begins with one conversation.
She smiled slightly.
Her grandfather always believed in fate.
She never did.
Two days passed after the dinner.
Life continued normally.
At least, it appeared normal.
Seraphina had no idea that someone was watching from the shadows.
She had no idea that the man she met was not a normal person.
And she had no idea that the strange feeling she experienced around him was only the beginning.
Because Lucien Silva had lived for centuries without caring about anyone.
He had never protected a human.
He had never saved a human.
And he had never allowed anyone to get close enough to matter.
But something about Seraphina was different.
Something even the Devil himself could not ignore.
That night, the sky was covered with dark clouds and a full moon.
Seraphina finished another long day at work and entered her car.
She was tired.
She only wanted to go home, rest, and forget about everything.
As she started the engine, she looked briefly at the road ahead.
She did not notice the strange shadow watching her from a distance.
She did not notice the danger approaching.
And she did not know that her life was about to change forever.
Because sometimes…
fate does not arrive with a warning.
Sometimes it comes as a disaster.
And sometimes the person who saves you…
is the same person who will change your entire fate