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.

a clean-up job,"

what to

course, I knew only too

hour, I had packed my things and

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

was one of the most important things when completing a

that no one

at least, if they did, then ensuring that

all, no one wanted to be

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

easier, but I'd be lying

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

But I persevered regardless.

only the intent in mind of

that

run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something that wasn’t just the ache of my

my mind, the

what I’d experienced on

wished

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

could deal with i t later

I just needed to focus on my

through the front

been the easy part; entering the

that people wouldn’t still be

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

all things considered.I hadn’t been given

name, a brief description,

details

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

the orders from the boss.No questions

no need to undergo another

stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator,

the corner and somewhat away from the eyes of

head hadn’t subsided, something I was

made lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating became increasingly more

to hold out for just a

coming from aT.V.and smelt

almost guaranteeing the target’s exact

to do was sneak

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

the floor for any weakness that may

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

faint voice suddenly spoke behind me, and I instantly crouched to the ground

no one

almost like a whisper and yet I’d

if it were

were close enough

wasn’t just

a new

it more difficult to focus a s I looked around, frantically trying

whoever

was definitely nothing

the T.V could now be heard, along with some light snores

wasn’t stemming from the

Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood back up, walking

I stood right behind the man who fit

now or

lifted my arm and aimed my dagger, going for a spot

was no need to cause unnecessary pain, I

have to do this...You don’t

spun around and lashed my dagger out towards the

the intense, sharp pain

it

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

that had been messing with my head

...It was that drug.

that Kieran Lycroft had given

whatever he’d done to me

me out of doing what I

of drug could do 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

the fuck?" someone

the hell are

more and, sure enough, there was

Awake.

in

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