Eli’s blood was already on the pavement by the time the first engine roared into the alley.

Three stab wounds, bare feet on cold concrete,

and a 12-year-old homeless boy refusing to move. His body the only thing between

a white van and a biker’s little girl clutching his torn shirt. He thought the

Hell’s Angels would just see a street rat who got in the way. But when Razer stepped off his bike and

heard what really happened in that alley, the people who ordered the kidnapping discovered they hadn’t

targeted a child. Welcome to Ekko’s Tales family.

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and keep multiplying grace over your life. Before we step into this scene, let’s

cover it in prayer. Heavenly Father, I ask for your protection over every person watching

right now. Watch over their families, heal their bodies, provide for every

hidden need, and flood their hearts with a peace that doesn’t make sense to this world. Surround them with your favor and

let them feel your presence right where they are in Jesus mighty name. Amen.

Now lean in because what you’re about to see isn’t just another story.

It’s the tale of a homeless boy who chose courage over comfort, stepped between evil and a biker’s little girl,

and took three knives in an alley nobody else wanted to walk into. proving that sometimes the ones the world throws away

are the first to stand up when an innocent life is on the line. Blood sprayed across the brick wall as

the knife punched into Eli’s side for the third time. The alley spun trash

cans neon the white van with its side door hanging open like a hungry mouth.

But the 12-year-old refused to fall. His bare feet slipped on wet concrete.

His torn hoodie clung to his skinny frame, and his fingers dug into the little girl’s wrist as if letting go

would kill him faster than the blade ever could. “Stay behind me,” he rasped,

voice shredded. Lily’s small hands clutched his shirt from behind, fingers trembling so hard

they shook the fabric. Her pink backpack lay in a dirty puddle,

one strap slowly soaking up oil and old rainwater. Her ice cream cone was face

down on the ground, melting into the cracks like it had never existed.

The van’s engine idled 20 ft away, low and smooth, the sound of something

patient. Waiting. If this moment already has your heart

tight for this boy and this little girl, don’t just watch, like this video,

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Get the girl in the van. The driver snapped. He stood by the open door, a shadow with

a baseball cap pulled low, face half lost in the gloom.

The man holding the knife smelled like cigarettes and burnt coffee. His hoodie damp at the cuffs, his breath hot

against Eli’s cheek. “I said move!” the driver barked. “We’re out of time.” The

knife twisted. White pain exploded through Eli’s ribs.

His knees buckled, but he locked them, sucking air through his teeth. His

vision blurred at the edges. little black dots pulsing with his heartbeat.

Every throb pumped more warmth down his side, soaking his shirt, dripping down

his fingers where they pressed against the wound. He could hear Lily crying behind him.

Not loud, not like the kids he used to hear through apartment windows.

This was smaller, broken, like she was trying not to make a sound at all. I

can’t, she whimpered. Please just let him go. He didn’t do

anything. The knife man laughed, a harsh, ugly sound.

He did one thing, he said. He got in the way.

Eli stared up at him, chest heaving. He had been invisible an hour ago, just

another homeless kid wrapped in a stolen blanket behind the diner, counting the coins he’d collected from under tables

and around parking meters. His stomach had twisted with hunger,

that familiar hollow ache he knew how to ignore. He’d been deciding whether to buy a

cheap burger or stretch the money for tomorrow. Then he’d seen the van.

No headlights, no music, no delivery logo on the side,

just a plain white shell creeping along the back of the building like a shark sliding beneath dark water. It had

rolled to a stop near the alley mouth and waited. Eli knew that feeling, the wrongness.

He’d watched too many people disappear from streets like this. He’d almost stayed where he was,

almost pressed his back harder against the cold brick and told himself it wasn’t his business.

Kids like him didn’t get involved. They kept their heads down.

They survived. But then the diner’s back door had opened.

Lily skipped out first, jacket half zipped, ponytail bouncing.

She’d turned toward the dumpsters out of habit, eyes searching the shadows where she knew he slept.

Hey, she’d called softly. You out here tonight?

She’d done that every Friday for the last month. Leaving half a sandwich by mistake on

the trash can lid. Dropping a pair of socks in a plastic bag with a note, I

told Daddy some people just need kindness. He said he used to be one.

The first time she’d actually walked all the way over to him. You look cold,

she’d said, nose crinkling. Daddy says if you see someone hurting

and pretend you don’t, that makes you like the people who hurt him when he was a kid. Eli remembered staring at her, at

the glitter on her backpack, at the bright trust in her eyes. He’d wanted to tell her his mom had