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," he

know what

I knew only too

the hour, I had packed my things and

a moveable cloth mask that could

was one of the most important things when completing a

sure that no one

they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember my

to be recognised

and swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to stick

easier, but I'd be lying if

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

But I persevered regardless.

with only the intent in mind of proving myself to

that nothing else

apartment complex, but as I did

burning in my

to what I’d experienced on the night of the charity

I wished would

was again, now of all times.I gritted my

and I could deal with i t

I just needed to focus on

slipped through the front door silently,

entering

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

of a deal when this side of town was as

straightforward job, all things considered.I

brief description, a

more details since it

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

follow the orders from the boss.No questions

was no need to undergo

elevator, until I finally came upon

somewhat away from the eyes of

hadn’t subsided,

front door harder as concentrating

to hold out for

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

almost guaranteeing the target’s

needed to do was sneak up and end this

be simple enough to complete

cautious steps, testing the floor for any weakness that may

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

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

no one

the hell had that come from? It was almost like a whisper and yet I’d heard it so

it were right next

they were close enough to

it wasn’t just

new pain pierced

more difficult to focus a s I

whoever

there was

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

it wasn’t stemming

of Noah.I persisted through the

I stood right behind the man who fit the description

was now or

aimed my dagger, going for a spot that would make

no need to cause

do this...You don’t

dagger out towards the voice, hoping to

sharp pain it

it

air filled the space around me.No, there was no one there...but I thought I

been messing with my head only

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran

effects of whatever he’d done to me must have

Scaring me out

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 mistake waiting to happen

the fuck?" someone

the hell are

around once more and, sure

Awake.

in his

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