Before he could even speak, they called him cursed. Amecha was born during a thunderstorm in a remote village named Umuke. His mother, Adas, gave birth to him alone in their mud-brick hut because her husband fled when he saw the baby’s eyes—blue and glowing faintly, even in darkness. The midwife gasped, crossed herself, and whispered, “This is not a child. This is an omen.”
From that night on, whispers followed him everywhere. Children refused to sit next to him in school. Elders warned their kids to stay away from the boy with the storm in his eyes. His own father never came back. And though Adas loved her son fiercely, even she couldn’t shield him from the cruelty of the villagers. When Amecha was five, the school banned him from group photos. At seven, a woman in the market accused him of spoiling her crops just by walking past. By nine, when the village well dried up for two days, someone hurled a rock through their……Read Full Story Here…………………………
