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.

a clean-up job," he

know what

of course, I knew

I had packed my things and gotten

me; this being accomplished via a moveable cloth mask

one of the most important things when completing a

no one

at least, if they did, then ensuring that

no one wanted to be

heading to the location, choosing to

speed and strength made the journey easier, but I'd be lying if I said

with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still need another day or so

But I persevered regardless.

only the intent in mind of proving myself to my

myself that nothing

it to the location perfectly on time, intending t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as

in my

what I’d experienced on the night of

I wished

all times.I gritted my teeth against the pain and pushed

the time and I could deal with

needed to focus

through the front door silently, making

had been the easy part; entering the

late at night but not late enough that people wouldn’t still be around, coming home from the local

knew this wasn’t that big of a deal when this side of town was as

all things considered.I hadn’t been

brief description, a time and a

for more details since it wasn’t something

didn’t want to push my luck, having broken rule

follow the orders from the

no need to undergo another reminder

made my way up the stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon the room I was

around the corner and somewhat away from

burning in my head hadn’t subsided,

made lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating became

to hold out for just a little

smelt the scent of someone located

guaranteeing the target’s

do was

simple enough to complete with the new dagger I’d acquired from the

floor for

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

of nowhere, a faint voice suddenly spoke behind me, and I instantly crouched to the

one was

It was almost like a whisper and yet I’d heard it

if it were right next to

they were

it wasn’t just a

a new pain

to focus a s I looked around, frantically trying

for whoever

there was definitely

the T.V could now be heard, along with some

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

through the pain and

stood right behind the man who

now or

my arm and aimed my dagger, going for a spot that would make this

cause

don’t have to do this...You don’t need to

towards the voice, hoping to silence

stop the intense, sharp pain it seemed to

it stop

filled the space around me.No, there was no one there...but

been messing with my head only days

...It was that drug.

that Kieran Lycroft

done to me must have still been in

me out of doing what I needed to

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

the fuck?" someone

hell

shit.I turned around once more

Awake.

me in

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