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 knew

hour, I had packed my things and

for anyone to recognise me; this being accomplished via a

one of the most important things when completing a mission

that no one

if they did, then ensuring that

to be recognised

my house and swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to stick to the shadows of the night and alleys

speed and strength made the journey easier, but I'd be lying if I said

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

But I persevered regardless.

in mind of proving myself to

myself that nothing else

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

a burning in my mind,

experienced on the night of the

I wished

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

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

I just needed to focus

the front door

been the easy part; entering the public area without

not late enough that people wouldn’t still be

knew this wasn’t that big of a deal when this side

things considered.I

name, a brief description, a time and

details

push my luck, having broken rule number one this

follow the orders from the

no need to undergo another reminder so

to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon the

corner and somewhat away from the eyes of anyone arriving

hadn’t subsided, something I was doing

door harder as concentrating became

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

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

the target’s exact

do was

job that should be simple enough to complete with the new dagger

floor for any weakness that may create sound, and

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

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

one

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

were right next

they were

it wasn’t just

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

focus a s I looked around, frantically trying

whoever had

was

people speaking on the T.V could now be heard, along with some

had spoken, it wasn’t stemming from

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

right behind

was now

aimed my dagger, going for

cause unnecessary pain, I just

have to do

my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to

pain it seemed

it stop haunting

around me.No, there was no one

been messing with my

...It was that drug.

that Kieran Lycroft had

to me must have still

interfering with my work Scaring me

wrong and I simply was just losing my mind finally? Had this last punishment been the straw that finally made me break?

fuck?" someone

hell

more

Awake.

me in his living

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