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,"

know what

of course, I

packed

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

of the most important things when completing a mission

that no one saw

then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember

to be

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

but I'd be lying if I said my

back in the fresh air and with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still need another

But I persevered regardless.

mind of proving

that nothing else

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

burning in my mind, the start

I’d experienced on the night

I wished would

times.I

and I could deal with i t later once the job was

I just needed

I slipped through the front door silently, making no

part; entering the public

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

deal when this side of

things considered.I

first name, a brief description, a time

press for more details since it wasn’t

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

the orders from the boss.No

need to

way up the stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until

and somewhat away from the

the burning in my head hadn’t subsided, something

the front door harder as

little bit longer though.I had to hold

coming from aT.V.and smelt the scent of someone located in the

the

was sneak up and

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

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

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

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

no one was

from? It was almost like a whisper and yet I’d heard

were right next to

they were close enough to

it wasn’t just

my brain, a new pain pierced me and caused me to

s I looked around,

for whoever

there was definitely

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

whoever had spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the man I

persisted through the

quietly until I stood right behind the

was now

and aimed my dagger, going for

cause

do this...You don’t

towards

the intense, sharp pain it seemed to bring

it stop

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

same thing that had been messing with my head only days

...It was that drug.

Kieran

he’d done to me

Scaring me

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 a chance to think on it further as I was dragged back into reality, the sound of another mistake waiting to happen then snapping

fuck?"

hell

once more and, sure

Awake.

me in

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