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

know what

I

packed my things

anyone to recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled up to cover both my neck

the most important

no one

did, then ensuring that they

wanted to be recognised at

to stick to the shadows of the

I'd be lying if I said my

I knew I would still need another day or so

But I persevered regardless.

intent in mind

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

my mind, the start

I’d experienced on the night of the charity

I wished would never

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

I could deal with i

I just needed to focus on my

through the front

the easy part; entering the public area without

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

that big of a deal when this side of town was as

straightforward job, all things considered.I hadn’t been given

first name, a brief description, a time and a

more details since it wasn’t something I needed to

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

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

was no need to

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

corner and somewhat away from the eyes of

hadn’t subsided, something I was doing

it made lockpicking the front door harder

little bit longer though.I had to hold out for just

smelt the scent of someone

guaranteeing the

to do was

enough to complete with the

few cautious steps, testing the floor for any weakness that may create sound, and

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

spoke behind me,

one was

It was almost

it were right next

if they were close

it wasn’t just a

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

difficult to focus a s I looked

whoever

there was definitely

of people speaking on the T.V could now be heard, along with some light snores

it wasn’t stemming

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

stood right behind the man who fit

was now or

my dagger, going

was no need to cause unnecessary

to do

dagger out towards

pain

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

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran Lycroft

effects of whatever he’d done to me must have still been

interfering with my work Scaring me out of doing what

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

the fuck?" someone

the hell

around once more and, sure enough, there was

Awake.

me in his living

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