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," he simply

know what

course, I knew only too

packed my things

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

most important things when completing

sure that no one saw

if they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t

wanted to be recognised at

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

journey easier, but I'd be lying if I

and with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still

But I persevered regardless.

mind of proving

myself that nothing

looking apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something that wasn’t just the ache

was a burning in my mind, the start

to what I’d experienced on the night of

I wished would

yet here it was again, now of all times.I gritted my teeth against the pain and

I could deal with i t later once

just needed to

so I slipped through the

the easy part; entering the

enough that people wouldn’t still be around, coming home from the local

of a deal when this side of town was as neglected as this apartment’s security

straightforward job, all things considered.I hadn’t been given

brief description,

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

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

the orders from the boss.No questions

need to

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

away from the eyes of anyone arriving via

hadn’t subsided, something I

made lockpicking the front door

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

I could hear sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt the

almost guaranteeing the target’s

I needed to do was

should be simple enough to complete with the

testing the floor for any weakness that may create sound, and proceeded

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

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

no one

that come from? It was almost like a whisper

if it were right

were close

it wasn’t just a

a new pain pierced

s I looked around, frantically trying to

whoever had

was definitely

sounds of people speaking on the T.V could now be heard, along with some light snores coming from the armchair

spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the man

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

stood right behind the man who

was now

going for a spot that would

was no need to cause

don’t have to do this...You don’t need

around and lashed my dagger out towards

the intense, sharp pain it seemed

make it

there was

had been messing

...It was that drug.

Kieran Lycroft had given

effects of whatever he’d done to me must have still

me out of doing what I needed

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 then snapping

fuck?" someone

the hell

once more and,

Awake.

me in his living

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