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,"

what to

course, I knew only

I had packed my things and gotten

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

important things when completing

that no one saw

at least, if they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember my

one wanted to

left my house and swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to

the journey easier, but I'd be lying if I said my injuries

the fresh air and with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still need another day or

But I persevered regardless.

mind of proving myself to

myself that nothing

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

burning in my

on the night

wished

now of all times.I

wasn’t the time and I could deal with i t later once the

just needed to focus

slipped through the front door

had been the easy part; entering the

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

deal when this side of town was as neglected as

considered.I hadn’t been given much

brief description, a time and

to press for more details

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

obedience.Always follow the orders from the

no need to undergo

to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon the room I was looking

from

subsided,

lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating became

though.I had to hold out for

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

guaranteeing the

needed to do was sneak up and end

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

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

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

suddenly spoke behind me,

no one

come from? It was almost like a whisper

it were

they were close enough to

wasn’t just

a new pain pierced me and caused

I looked around, frantically trying

for whoever had

yet there was definitely nothing

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

had spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the man

by the name of Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood back up, walking to behind

quietly until I stood right behind the man

now or

going

need to cause unnecessary pain, I just needed

to do this...You

my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence

stop the intense, sharp pain it seemed

it

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

that had been messing with my head only

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran

me must have still been

was interfering with my work Scaring me out of doing what I

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

fuck?"

hell are

turned around once more

Awake.

in his living

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