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," he simply

what to

I knew only

the hour, I had packed

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

one of the most important things when completing a

that no

did, then ensuring that

no one wanted to be recognised

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

journey easier, but I'd

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

But I persevered regardless.

in mind of

that nothing else

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

was a burning in my

what I’d experienced on the

wished would never

again, now of all times.I gritted my teeth against the pain and pushed through

wasn’t the time and I could deal with

needed to focus on

so I slipped through the front door

had been the easy part; entering the

late at night but not late enough that people wouldn’t

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

all things considered.I hadn’t been given much

brief

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

I didn’t want to push my

follow the orders from the boss.No

need to undergo

stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally

away from the eyes of anyone arriving

hadn’t subsided, something I was doing

fact, it made lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating became increasingly more

to hold out for just a

I could hear sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt the scent of someone located in the same

almost guaranteeing the target’s exact

to do was sneak

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

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

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

behind me, and

no one

that come from? It was almost like

it were right

were close enough to

wasn’t just a

my brain, a new pain pierced

I looked around, frantically trying to

whoever

was

now be heard, along with some light snores

confirmation that whoever had spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the

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

stood right behind the

now

aimed my dagger, going for a spot

cause unnecessary pain, I just

do this...You

it was again.I instantly spun around and lashed my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it was once

the intense, sharp pain it seemed to bring

it

me.No, there was no one there...but I thought I knew

been messing with my

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran Lycroft had given

he’d done to me must

Scaring me out of doing what

kind 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

the fuck?" someone

the hell

turned around once more

Awake.

me in his

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