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

of course, I knew only too

I had packed my

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

important things when

sure that no one

did, then

no one wanted to be recognised at a

swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to stick

my speed and strength made the journey easier, but I'd

air and with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still need

But I persevered regardless.

in mind of proving myself to

myself that nothing else

run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so,

burning in my mind, the

I’d experienced on the

wished would never

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

with i t later once the job was

just needed to

so I slipped through the front door silently,

had been the easy part; entering the public

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

when this side of town was as neglected as

things considered.I hadn’t

brief description, a time and

wanted to press for more details since it wasn’t something

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

follow the

no need to

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

somewhat away from the

my head hadn’t subsided, something I was doing

it made lockpicking the front door

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

aT.V.and smelt

almost guaranteeing the target’s

to do was sneak up and

enough to complete with the new dagger

floor for

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

suddenly spoke behind me,

no one

come from? It was almost like a whisper and

were right

they were

it wasn’t just a

needle in my brain, a new

I looked around, frantically trying to

for whoever

there was definitely

the muffled sounds of people speaking on the T.V could now be heard, along with

confirmation that whoever had spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the man I was here

name of Noah.I persisted through the

I stood right behind

was now

going for a spot that would make this

no need to cause unnecessary pain, I

do this...You don’t

dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it

sharp pain it

it stop haunting

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

thing that had been messing with my head only days

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran

whatever he’d done to me must

me out of doing what I

was just losing my mind finally? Had this last punishment been the straw that finally made me break? But I didn’t get

fuck?"

hell are

once more and, sure enough, there

Awake.

me in

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