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

I

hour, I had packed my things and gotten

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

of the most important things when completing a

no one saw

they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t

to be recognised at

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

easier, but I'd be lying if I said my injuries weren’t interfering at

healing, I knew I would still need another day or so before I

But I persevered regardless.

mind of

myself that

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

in my mind, the

to what I’d experienced on the night of the charity

wished

times.I gritted my teeth against

deal with i t

needed to

slipped through the front door silently, making

easy part; entering the public area without being

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

this wasn’t that big of a deal when this side of town was as neglected as this

all things considered.I hadn’t been

brief description, a

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

to mention that I didn’t want to push my

follow the

need to

the elevator, until

conveniently around the corner and somewhat away from

hadn’t subsided, something I was doing my best

lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating became increasingly more

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

sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt the

the target’s

needed to do was sneak up and end

complete with the new dagger

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

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

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

no one

almost like a

it were right

if they were

it wasn’t just a

in my brain, a new pain

s I looked

whoever

there was definitely

heard, along with some light snores coming

wasn’t stemming from the man I was here

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

behind the

was now or

my dagger, going for a spot

no need to cause unnecessary pain,

don’t have to do

towards

intense, sharp pain

make it stop haunting

filled the space around me.No, there was no one there...but I thought I knew what was wrong

that had been messing

...It was that drug.

Kieran Lycroft had given

whatever he’d done to me

it was interfering with my work Scaring me out

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 me from

fuck?"

the hell

once more and, sure enough, there was

Awake.

me in

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