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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