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,"

know what

course, I knew only

hour, I had packed my things and

impossible for anyone to recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled up to

important things when completing a

no one

did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember

wanted to be recognised at

and swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to stick to the shadows of the

strength made the journey easier, but I'd be lying if I said my injuries weren’t interfering at

slightly faster healing, I knew I would still need another day

But I persevered regardless.

mind of proving

myself that

on time, intending t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex,

was a burning in my mind, the start of

to what I’d experienced on the night of the

I wished would never

all times.I gritted my

deal with i

I just needed

so I slipped through the front

had been the easy part; entering the public area

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

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

straightforward job, all things considered.I

first name, a brief description,

press for more details

that I didn’t want to push my luck, having broken rule number one

obedience.Always follow the orders from the boss.No

was no need to undergo another

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

conveniently around the corner and somewhat away from

hadn’t subsided, something

the front door harder as concentrating became increasingly

had to hold out for just a little bit

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

guaranteeing the target’s

to do was sneak up and end

job that should be simple enough to complete with the new dagger I’d acquired from

floor for any weakness that may create sound,

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

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

one

come from? It was almost like a whisper

it were

were close

wasn’t

a needle in my brain, a new pain pierced me and

s I looked around, frantically

for whoever had

was

speaking on the T.V could now be heard, along with

stemming from the man

Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood

right behind the man who fit the

now

aimed my dagger, going for a spot that would make

to cause unnecessary pain, I just needed

to do

instantly spun around and lashed my dagger out towards the voice, hoping

intense, sharp pain it seemed

make it stop

space around me.No, there was no

that had been messing with

...It was that drug.

that Kieran Lycroft

done to me must have

work Scaring me out of doing what I

could do this 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

the fuck?"

the hell are

turned around once more and, sure enough,

Awake.

me in

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