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 to

course, I knew

the hour, I had packed my things

being accomplished via a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled up to cover both my neck and lower

one of the most important things

sure that no one saw

least, if they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember

one wanted to

house and swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to stick to the shadows

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

healing, I knew I would still

But I persevered regardless.

mind of proving myself to my

that

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

burning in my mind, the start of

experienced on the

wished

times.I gritted my teeth against the pain and pushed

I could deal with i t later once the job

needed to

through the front door

entering the public area without

but not late enough that people wouldn’t still be

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

things considered.I hadn’t been given much

name, a brief description, a time and

more details since it wasn’t something I needed

my

one; obedience.Always follow the orders from

was no need to undergo

stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon the room I was looking

conveniently around the corner and somewhat away from the eyes of anyone arriving

the burning in my head hadn’t subsided, something I was doing my best to

front door harder as concentrating became

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

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

guaranteeing the target’s exact

needed to do was sneak

that should be simple enough to complete with the new dagger

for any weakness that may create sound, and

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

behind

no one was

had that come from? It was almost like a whisper and

if it were right

they were

it wasn’t just a

brain, a new pain pierced me and

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

for whoever

yet there was

be heard, along with some light snores coming from the armchair

it wasn’t stemming from

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

until I stood right behind the

now

lifted my arm and aimed my dagger, going for a

to cause unnecessary

do this...You don’t need to

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

intense, sharp pain it seemed to

it stop

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

thing that had been messing

...It was that drug.

that Kieran Lycroft

he’d done to me must have

my work Scaring me out of doing what I needed to

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

fuck?"

hell

once more and, sure enough, there was

Awake.

in his

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