2. The Awakening

Stress can have powerful and destructive effects. It can weaken the body and the mind. It can erode relationships. It can even render a soul vulnerable to the supernatural… Randy and Marcy live with real stress everyday-they both work in law-enforcement-Randy is a detective while Marcy manages the dispatch center. But in 2003, the stress mounts when the Army deploys their son to the Middle East. Marcy is wracked with worry. As she reaches her emotional breaking point, a dormant spirit awakens to threaten her. Marcy's fears only feed the angry spirit until it is overwhelmingly powerful. Marcy must fight to stay calm and find a way to rid her home of the evil presence before it drives her over the edge.

Plot summary and ending

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Complete story — includes the ending

In Bloomington, Illinois, Randy and Marcy Wikoff both work in law enforcement. After their son's departure to the Middle East and a motorcycle accident outside their house, Marcy finds herself on the verge of a breakdown, especially when she finds herself threatened by an evil spirit. Marcy calls on a psychic and spiritual healer to rid the house of the evil entity. During the fight, Marcy and the psychic discover the evil male spirit has also been holding his family who died near the Wikoff property hostage for years. After successfully helping the female spirits cross over, Marcy regains her strength by demanding that the spirit give her back her house and orders him to leave. Now afraid of going to Hell for his actions, the male spirit begs the psychic for mercy and he is convinced to cross over to face God's judgment.

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