Chapter 10 The Awakening

Night hung heavy over the small home. The children were gathered in the living room, the only light coming from the flickering lamp that swayed slightly in the warm evening breeze. Amara had just finished a weary prayer, her voice trembling, when Micah suddenly stiffened. His pencil, which had been sketching idly, snapped in his hand.

"Mom," he whispered, his voice low, "they're here again."

Amara's heart lurched. She knew what he meant-dark forces, sent like arrows from David's hands of witchcraft. She reached instinctively for her Bible. But before she could speak, Micah's eyes glazed, as though a screen had opened inside them.

"I see it..." he said, voice distant. "A black chain... it's wrapped around Dad's hands. He's pulling it, trying to strangle your business, Mom. But it's breaking now... angels are cutting it. And the chain is burning."

The room grew still. Kayla, her braids swinging, sat up straighter. Her eyes flickered as if she were listening to something only she could hear.

"They're lies," she said firmly, her small fists clenched. "Dad keeps speaking lies over you, Mom. Words that make people believe you're failing, words that make good people turn against you. But God is saying-no more. Every lie is about to be revealed."

Her voice rang with authority far beyond her years, startling Amara into silence.

Then Liam, usually quiet and watchful, stepped into the center of the room. His dark eyes were focused, his presence suddenly commanding. "I feel them," he murmured, his voice a deep echo for a boy of nine. "The attacks... but they can't cross anymore. Something's rising around us. A shield. They're locked out."

Amara's breath came quick and shallow. She turned, searching for Ella, her youngest. The little girl, barely six, had climbed onto the couch, her tiny hands lifted. Her lips parted in a song so pure, so ethereal, that it made Cole-standing silently by-take a step back, goosebumps racing down his arms.

Her voice was not just music-it was power. The melody carried weight, like the air itself was bending to her notes. And as she sang, the heaviness in the room lifted.

Micah's vision sharpened. "I see it clearer," he gasped. "Dad's accounts... the money. Hidden, stolen, covered with spells. But they're being uncovered now. His secrets are coming out."

Kayla's eyes blazed. "People will know the truth. They won't believe his lies anymore."

Liam stood tall, almost defiant. "He cannot touch us again. He cannot win."

Ella's song swelled, filling every corner with light. Amara pressed trembling hands to her lips, tears streaming as she witnessed what she had long suspected but never fully seen-her children's gifts awakening in full force.

The room vibrated with a holy charge. Cole, overwhelmed, fell to his knees. "My God," he whispered. "This is war-and they're your soldiers."

Amara sobbed, half in fear, half in awe. "They were born with it," she whispered. "But David-he tried to crush it, to silence them. He used his darkness to chain their destinies. But God-God is breaking those chains tonight!"

Micah suddenly clutched his chest, his eyes wide. "Mom! I see men in black suits. Police. Files in their hands. They're coming for Dad. His fraud, his rituals-everything is going to be exposed."

Kayla chimed in, voice urgent. "And Mom, the person Dad paid to block your contracts-they're going to confess. Everyone will know you never failed. It was him."

Amara fell to her knees, clutching her children as they spoke, their words weaving into a tapestry of revelation.

Cole's voice shook with emotion as he placed a hand on Micah's shoulder. "Then it's happening, Amara. This is divine strategy. Their gifts are the key."

Ella's song softened to a hum, then faded. She opened her eyes, wide and innocent, and whispered, "The angels are smiling, Mommy. Daddy's tricks won't work anymore."

Amara pulled her close, rocking her, while Kayla and Liam pressed in at her sides. Micah, his hands still trembling, whispered, "God just showed me-this is only the beginning."

Cole stood, his jaw set. "Then we'll prepare. David wanted to cripple you, to destroy these children's destinies-but instead, their gifts will be what exposes him. What brings him down."

And in that moment, Amara knew: the battle had shifted. The children were no longer passive victims of David's schemes. Their light had awakened, blazing against the darkness he had unleashed.

David Adewale's end would come-not by courts alone, not by evidence alone-but by the very children he had sought to silence.

The gifts he feared most would be the ones to unmask him.