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Guardians of the Seal<br />
earthquakes or thunderstorms. Not even one flash of lightning. It was<br />
just a regular sunny day in a house on a hill. He smiled at the irony of it.<br />
The last few months had been challenging, and Lucifer's seekers had<br />
come close twice. But he had been able to successfully hide Tara from<br />
them. He knew his time here was limited. He went into the room where<br />
Tara sat on the bed. She had gradually recovered from her incarceration<br />
at The Place and as the time had gone by, she had practically taken charge<br />
of taking care of the house, even in the advanced stages of her pregnancy.<br />
But more importantly, Gabriel had helped her heal a deeper wound.<br />
Gradually, she had dropped the toxic ideas she had been filled with about<br />
men as he showed her what a real man should be. And in doing so, she<br />
had become a more complete woman. She was a strong one, this woman.<br />
Now, she knew the hiding place inside out and it could be rightly called<br />
her new home.<br />
Gabriel sat by her on the bed as she took her baby from him. “What<br />
will you call her?” he asked.<br />
“I've been thinking… you have been everything the man of the house<br />
would have been if I had a husband. Not that I need one, but I guess you<br />
know what I mean. I want you to name the child.”<br />
Gabriel smiled. He touched the baby's head. “We will call her Imani.<br />
The world will need her to believe and have faith at some point. She will<br />
struggle to believe, but when she finally does, her destiny will be made<br />
manifest.”<br />
“Imani,” Tara said, and rolled the name over on her tongue. She liked<br />
the sound of it. The child that bore the name looked as exotic as the name<br />
sounded. Her hair was jet black and thick, her complexion olivecoloured,<br />
a tone darker than Tara's, even as a baby. She had big, full eyes<br />
that seemed to question everything they were fixed on. Tara rocked her.<br />
Imani. Her own. In those moments, Imani was just her child. All that<br />
Gabriel was saying about the world needing her for something didn't<br />
register. She was holding her child, and she would die first before any<br />
harm came to her.<br />
It was as if Gabriel heard her thoughts. “I know you love her more than<br />
the world and would do all in your power to keep her safe,” he said. “I wish
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