Chapter 2: Angelic Heritage

The silvery dust from the petal of the Echo Bloom settled softly onto Yasmin's palm, and her mind involuntarily drifted to the past. She wasn't remembering her own previous lives, but rather the person who had gifted her this extraordinary connection to the world - her great-grandmother.The family had always whispered about her with a deep sense of reverence. To the rest of the city, she was simply a kind woman with an incredibly compassionate heart, but Yasmin knew the truth. Her great-grandmother was not an ordinary mortal. She was an angel who had once descended to earth out of love for a simple man and chosen to stay among humanity. Though she had to surrender her wings, her celestial nature remained untouched. She could see right through human souls - witnessing their past incarnations, their unspoken pain, and their hidden hopes.It was her great-grandmother who had left behind the intricately carved cedar box and the Echo Bloom. Before she passed, she placed it into young Yasmin’s