The Appeal of Evil (The Road to Salvation) by Sinclair Pembroke

Author:Sinclair, Pembroke [Sinclair, Pembroke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Booktrope
Published: 2014-01-17T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

KATIE STEPPED OUT OF THE PORTAL into the bathroom of her hospital room. Josh didn’t think anyone would be in her room, but he wanted to be on the safe side. Katie didn’t care. She just wanted to get away from him. Why didn’t she expect him to be so sneaky? Why did she let her guard down and trust him? Was there a guy anywhere in the world that wasn’t underhanded or a liar?

The part that bothered her the most was the fact that she couldn’t get the look he gave her out of her mind. He held the Tormentor in his hand and looked truly surprised she had accused him of siccing the thing on her. And that thing was so vicious. If it wanted to attack her to whisper things in her ear, wouldn’t it have been nicer? It bothered Katie to think Josh was telling the truth when he said he didn’t plan anything. It made her head spin. Things weren’t supposed to be like this. There were certain ways “good” was supposed to act and very specific traits that made someone “evil.” None of those applied in this situation. What was Katie supposed to think? What was she supposed to do?

Josh stepped out of the portal behind her, but the light didn’t disappear like it had before. Katie kept her back turned toward him, avoiding eye contact. If she looked into his eyes, saw the sorrow and desire to apologize—whether it was sincere or not—she would find herself letting him back in. She couldn’t do that. Not right now. She needed time to sort things out in her mind. Josh placed a hand gently on her arm.

“I’ll give you some time and space.” His voice was soft, apologetic. “Text me when you’re ready to talk.”

Katie didn’t respond. The light vanished. Josh was gone. She sat down on the toilet and placed her head in her hands. What was she going to do? A few days ago, she had no notions of good and evil, Heaven and Hell, except for the few memories she had from Sunday School. Now, she was faced with picking a side. And the thing that made her skin prickle and her chest tighten was that she was seriously considering joining the side of evil. It shouldn’t be a consideration. It shouldn’t even be in the realm of possibility, and yet she found Josh’s words ringing true. She found his explanations viable. Wes had burned bridges with her. He didn’t trust her, so he refused to let her in. And he was supposed to be the good one. He was supposed to keep her safe, but he had dragged her into the middle of his holy war.

Part of her knew it was unfair to accuse him of that. After all, he’d tried to keep her out of it by keeping her at a distance. But when Katie tried to make it easy on him by stepping out of his life, he dragged her back in.

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