A Gift from the Goddess

Chapter 117: Book 2 - Chapter 9 

"Are you ready to follow the rules now?"

...Rule number one...obedience.

Always follow the orders from the boss.

No questions asked.I'd broken that rule.I knew I was breaking it the moment I’d chosen to run that night.I knew it would land me here.And yet I still did it.I pulled my body upright from the old bed, more sluggish than I would have liked, and hated how] still felt so sore from the injuries inflicted several days earlier.

‘Days’. That was the key word.

That was how long I’d been trapped in here, alone with my thoughts as it forced me to reflect on every decision I’d made leading to this point.

Because, at its core, that was the true punishment.

It wasn’t the pain.

No, that was always over quickly.

Gavin did a great job of making sure the damage inflicted was swift yet efficient.

Always enough to get the point across and never seeming to even flinch as h e did what he did.

But it was the psychological punishment that truly made it horrific...

‘Days’.I'd been in here...for days.

Alone.

In pain.

Wondering how I’d managed to convince myself that running had been worth it.

Wondering how much longer it would take before punishment was finally over.

And now this was the first thing spoken to me after all that time.

This voice of my father on the other side of the door, asking if I was ‘ready to follow the rules’.

Yes, I was ready.Of course, I was ready.I was about ready to do anything, to say anything, if it meant finally getting out of here.I’d learnt my lesson the minute Gavin had ripped me from my bed.

There was only one authority in my life and that was my father.

It had always been my father.

..Someone I just wanted to be free of.I forced that thought away as quickly as it sprung to mind.

It was thoughts exactly like that which led me t o this moment.

Testing the patience of a man who had none.I wasn’t exempt from the rules because of our relationship.

If anything, this punishment had been necessary.I’d clearly become too complacent in its absence and needed the reminder.

Really, it was my fault.

All my fault.

"Raven?" prompted my father.

Slowly, I swung my legs out of the bed and stood up, taking a deep breath.

The first one I’d done in so long, my chest having felt too sore earlier.

..And I committed to this decision to obey.To obey *him*.

“I’m ready," I replied.

It didn’t take long before I heard it.

The sound of a key clinking for a few seconds before the satisfying click of the lock.

Within moments, I found myself face -to-face with my father after all this time.

"Good," he said, entering the room towards me.

"Because there is work to be done."

..Already? So soon? But, no, that was another incorrect thought.I should b e thinking ‘thank you’, praising how lucky I was to be given another chance.

This was a good thing for me.

A moment to redeem myself.

A moment to show that I was still loyal.

My father held out a manilla folder towards me and I took it, giving a small nod to show how grateful I was.

Forcing myself to believe that very thing.

job,"

what

course, I

packed my

it impossible for anyone to recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable

was one of the most important things when completing

no one saw

at least, if they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember

wanted to be

location, choosing to stick to the

strength made the journey easier, but I'd

I knew I

But I persevered regardless.

mind of proving myself to

that nothing

enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something that wasn’t just

burning in my

what I’d experienced on the

wished would never

yet here it was again, now of all times.I gritted

the time and I could deal with

now, I just needed to

slipped through the front door silently, making

the easy part; entering the public

people wouldn’t still

that big of a deal when this side of town was as neglected as this apartment’s security was

things considered.I hadn’t been

name, a brief description, a time and

hadn’t wanted to press for more details since it wasn’t something

my luck, having broken

the orders from the

to undergo another

the elevator, until I finally

the corner and somewhat away from the eyes of anyone arriving via the

in my head hadn’t subsided, something

front door

bit longer though.I had to hold out for

hear sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt the scent of someone located in the same

the target’s

to do was sneak up and end

to complete with the new dagger I’d acquired

few cautious steps, testing the floor for any

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

voice suddenly spoke behind

one

the hell had that come from? It was almost like a whisper and yet I’d heard it so

if it were right

they were

it wasn’t just

my brain, a new pain pierced me and caused me to

s I looked around, frantically trying to spot the

whoever had

was definitely nothing

heard, along with some light snores coming from the armchair in

spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the man I was here

by the name of Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood back up, walking

I stood right behind

was now or

going for a spot

was no need to cause unnecessary

have to do this...You

was again.I instantly spun around and lashed my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it was once and for

pain it seemed to

make it stop haunting

yet only empty air filled the space around me.No, there was no one there...but I

thing that had been messing with my head

...It was that drug.

that Kieran Lycroft

of whatever he’d done to me must

interfering with my work Scaring me out of doing what I needed to

though? Or was I wrong and I simply was just losing my mind finally? Had this last punishment been the straw that finally made me break? But I didn’t get a chance to think on it further as I was dragged back into reality, the sound of another mistake waiting to happen then snapping

fuck?" someone

the hell

turned around once more and,

Awake.

in

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