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," he simply

what to

I knew only too

packed my things and gotten

me; this being accomplished via a moveable cloth mask that could be

the most important things when completing a

no one saw

they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember

all, no one wanted to be recognised at a murder

house and swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to stick to

journey easier, but I'd be lying if I said my injuries weren’t

with slightly faster healing, I knew I

But I persevered regardless.

the intent in mind of proving myself to

myself that nothing else

location perfectly on time, intending t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something that wasn’t just the ache of

a burning in my mind,

experienced on the

wished

yet here it was again, now of all times.I gritted my teeth against the pain and

time and I could deal with i t later once

just needed to

through the front door silently,

easy part; entering the

wouldn’t still be around, coming

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

all things considered.I hadn’t been given

a brief description, a

to press for more details since it wasn’t something I needed to

push my

one; obedience.Always follow the orders from the boss.No

no need to undergo another reminder so

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

around the corner and somewhat away from the eyes of

burning in my head hadn’t subsided, something I was doing my best to

it made lockpicking the front door harder

longer though.I had to hold out for

hear sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt the scent

almost guaranteeing the target’s

to do was

to complete with the

a few cautious steps, testing the floor for any weakness

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

spoke behind me, and I instantly crouched to

one

had that come from? It was almost like a whisper and yet I’d

it were

were

it wasn’t just a

a needle in my brain, a new pain pierced

more difficult to focus a s I looked around, frantically trying

for whoever

there was

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

stemming from the

the name of Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood

behind the man who fit the description

now or

dagger, going for a

to cause unnecessary

to do this...You don’t

out towards the voice,

intense, sharp pain it seemed to bring

make it stop

there was no one there...but I thought I knew

thing that had been messing with

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran

he’d done to me must have still

work Scaring me out of doing what I needed to

punishment been the straw that finally made me break? But I didn’t get a chance to think on it further as

fuck?"

hell are

turned around once more and, sure enough,

Awake.

in his living

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