The Changeling by Jerry B. Jenkins & Chris Fabry

Author:Jerry B. Jenkins & Chris Fabry
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: JUVENILE FICTION / Religious / Christian
ISBN: 9781414365220
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2007-09-30T21:00:00+00:00

A gaggle of voices came from the village center, and Owen hurried over with Watcher and Humphrey. Men spoke angrily to each other, shaking fists and raising sharpened sticks.

“You’ve heard the warning!” a tall man said, and the crowd quieted. Owen recognized this farmer, the brawny one with bushy sideburns. “A warring party of vaxors is headed our way. They may reach us by morning.”

“It’s his fault!” a skinny man said, pointing at Owen. “It was him and his spies that brought them to us.”

The crowd turned. Sideburns moved away from the fire and stood in front of Owen. “What do you say to that?”

Owen stood tall. “I’m not a spy and neither are my friends. True, the vaxors may have followed us, but we will help you defeat them.”

“He’ll sabotage us from behind our own lines,” someone yelled.

“Let’s kill him now so we can focus on the vaxors!” another said.

“No, the vaxors are after these three. Let’s give them up! The vaxors don’t want us; they want them!”

The crowd cheered and moved toward Owen, but he did not raise his sword. Humphrey reared, and the front of the crowd backed away. A farmer threw a rope around Humphrey’s neck and separated him from his friends. When a young man grabbed Watcher, she bit his arm.

“The vaxors do want us,” Owen said, “but they won’t stop there. They’ll destroy your homes and the entire village. We must work together.”

“We have a treaty with them,” Sideburns said. “We have lived at peace with them.”

“They are allied with the Dragon,” Owen said. “They don’t care about a treaty any more than the Dragon does.”

The crowd became angrier and surrounded Owen. They took his sword and began to tie him, but someone shouted, “Stop!”

It was Rachel, along with the Scribe. “He and his friends came to warn you!”

“Spies!” Sideburns yelled.

“No! Look at my husband. He’s back and thinking clearly because of the Wormling.”

“What does this have to do with the vaxors?” another farmer said.

Rachel scurried forward, holding the Scribe’s elbow. “The Wormling brings healing, not discord. He means you good and not evil. Listen to him and do what he says.”

“It’s true,” the Scribe said, his voice shaky.

People recoiled, appearing surprised at his voice.

“The Wormling spoke healing to my soul. He can speak words of victory for your fight.”

Sideburns stared at Owen. “Well?”

The men let go and Owen faced them. “We can help you defeat the enemy, but we must move quickly.”

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