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.

clean-up job," he simply

what to

of course, I

the hour, I had packed

a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled up to cover both my

most important

that no one

did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember

all, no one wanted to be recognised at

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

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

with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still need

But I persevered regardless.

mind of proving myself to my

myself that

on time, intending t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so,

was a burning in my mind, the start

to what I’d experienced on the night

wished would

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

deal with i t later once the job was

needed

the front door silently, making no

had been the easy part; entering the public

late enough that people wouldn’t still be

this side of town was as neglected as

all things considered.I hadn’t been given much

brief

for more details since it wasn’t something I needed

my luck,

obedience.Always follow the orders from the boss.No questions

was no need to undergo

the stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came

from the eyes

subsided, something I was doing my best

door harder

a little bit longer though.I had to

coming from aT.V.and smelt the scent of

almost guaranteeing the target’s

was sneak up

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

for any

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

suddenly spoke behind me, and I instantly crouched

one was

come from? It was almost

were right

they were close enough

it wasn’t just

needle in my brain, a new pain

s I looked around, frantically trying to

whoever

yet there was definitely

the T.V could now be heard, along with some light snores coming from the armchair in front

confirmation that whoever had spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the

through the

I stood right behind the man who fit the

was now or

my dagger, going for a spot that would make this

to cause unnecessary pain, I just

have to do this...You

it was again.I instantly spun around and lashed my dagger out towards the

pain it seemed to

it stop

around me.No, there was no one

same thing that had been messing with my head

...It was that drug.

Kieran Lycroft

to me must

my work Scaring me out of doing what

straw that finally made me break? But I didn’t get a chance to think on

fuck?" someone

the hell are

turned around once more and, sure enough, there was

Awake.

me in his living

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