Camael's Gift
Cam and Hannah walked down to the park at the end of her street. Keeping to the path, they made their way down to the pond where the ducks and geese squawked and quacked.
“This is a beautiful spot.” Cam looked around, feeling joy at witnessing the perfection of nature spread before his eyes. It was made all that much better by holding Hannah’s hand and sharing this time with her.
“I used to bring Jack here. He loved feeding the ducks. “As she said it, two ducks waddled up the shore straight to Cam’s booted feet. There, they sat down, contented. “Well look at you, Doctor Doolittle!” She laughed.
Cam leaned down and gave both ducks a little scratch on top of their heads. Hannah sat on the grass and pulled his hand to join her. Together, they watched as a few more ducks and geese made their way up the bank and settled around them.
“This is amazing. I’ve never seen them do this! It must be you that they’re attracted to.” She joked, but Cam knew why. The animals sensed his other worldliness. A mama duck joined them, and with a look from Cam, the ducklings all ran to Hannah jumping into her lap. She laughed, and the sheer happiness in that sound warmed his heart.
She lifted a duckling in her hands and kissed its fuzzy head. Cam was moved by her compassion and love for all creatures, so much so that he acted impulsively by wrapping an arm around her and pulling her in for a kiss. As the duckling quacked, Hannah returned Cam’s kiss feeling whole for the first time in a long while. Heat rushed through her, and feelings she hadn’t known could be so strong so soon flooded her heart.
Cam was lost in the cocoon of their passion. Each touch of their lips strengthened his feelings for this amazing woman who he knew now he’d always protect, to the end of time itself, if necessary.
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From a cavernous temple on a mountainside, Michael watched the romance unfold. In any other situation, he’d take his soldier to task to save him from damnation, but Camael wasn’t damned, he was blessed. He’d been given a rare gift from their father, the gift of choice. Choice without consequence, as he would still be ranked as one of the Almighty’s favored angels. Michael may not always understand His plan, but he knew that whatever it was, exactly, it always worked out in the balance.
Still, he knew this was just the beginning, and that a war would ensue if the Dark Ones gained the key and opened the pit. There was a nervous energy thrumming through his being. He didn’t like the ‘wait and see’ position he’d been relegated to by Zaphkiel. Information was everything and with so little provided Michael had no choice but to exercise patience. For now, all he could do was watch and wait and fret. He consoled himself with the reminder that Camael was loyal to a fault, would always do the right thing. He knew this having been directly involved in training the angel. And yet…Michael worried. He was a commander, a warrior, and as such he knew that gathering intelligence was the key to preparation, and without preparation, their side would be slaughtered. Vigilance was required, and so the archangel looked deep into the seer’s basin, well beyond the lovers lost in each other by the pond.
There was much he did not know, but that did not mean he couldn’t investigate.
“And so it begins, indeed,” he muttered. “You can’t hide everything, Zaphkiel.”
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At the top of the pathway to the pond, Dagon stood with his hands in his coat pockets watching as Camael and the human woman, Hannah, cavorted like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. He sneered, thinking to himself, it’s only a matter of time now. Soon, his leader would be returned, and the battle for power would begin. The Legions would rise up, and all hell would break loose. A smile tugged at his lips. He could almost taste the power the Dark Ones would possess once the prophesy was fulfilled.
He turned and walked into the trees evaporating into a black mist, the grass dying where he once stood. And their time, he thought, was nearly at an end.
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