Enemy of Gideon by Taylor Melissa McGovern

Author:Taylor, Melissa McGovern [Taylor, Melissa McGovern]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: First Place Fiction Press
Published: 2014-05-31T07:00:00+00:00

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Throughout each worship service at Philippi, my spirit totters between incomparable joy and unbearable guilt from one minute to the next. The songs make me smile easily, but Elder Mark’s words cause an invisible spotlight to glow over my head. Every word burrows inside of me, but I resist the urge to give up my hatred. Even during my fourth worship service, I cling to my bitterness like a soft blanket and refuse to let it go.

“It’s time we bring Ogden in,” Arkin says, walking through the underground tunnel from Philippi.

“Og? Why?” I ask, shuddering at the thought.

“Why not? He’s our friend,” he says.

“I told you, Og is too loyal to the Code.”

“I don’t believe that. Once he finds out who I really am and meets the other believers, he’ll—”

I reach ahead and grab his wrist, forcing him to stop. “No! It’s too dangerous.”

“I don’t care,” he says, yanking out of my grasp. “Every time a believer shares the truth with a Gideonite, it’s a risk, but we do it because that’s what God calls us to do. We have to let as many people know about Jesus as we can, no matter what.”

“Why?”

“So they can go to Heaven!” His voice carries through the tunnel and echoes behind me. We both freeze, startled. He blinks, relaxes, and lowers his voice. “Don’t you see? Jesus wasn’t about overthrowing the Romans, and we aren’t about overthrowing the Code. We just want to see souls saved.”

I shake his words from my mind. “If you tell Og, I won’t have any part of it.”

“He won’t trust me without your backing. You’re his best friend,” he says. “Please.”

I avoid his pleading glance but returned to it. He’s still adorable, intelligent Arkin, no matter how crazy his ideas are.

“Fine,” I say, “but we do this my way.”

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