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,"
what to
course, I knew only too
hour, I had packed my things and
it impossible for anyone to recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled up to cover both my neck and lower
was one of the most important things when completing a
that no one
at least, if they did, then ensuring that
all, no one wanted to be
heading to the location, choosing to stick to the shadows of
easier, but I'd be lying
faster healing, I knew I would still need another day or so before I
But I persevered regardless.
only the intent in mind of
that
run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something that wasn’t just the ache of my
my mind, the
what I’d experienced on
wished
yet here it was again, now of all times.I gritted my
could deal with i t later
I just needed to focus on my
through the front
been the easy part; entering the
that people wouldn’t still be
wasn’t that big of a deal when this side of town was as neglected as this apartment’s security
all things considered.I hadn’t been given
name, a brief description,
details
to mention that I didn’t want to push my luck, having broken rule
the orders from the boss.No questions
no need to undergo another
stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator,
the corner and somewhat away from the eyes of
head hadn’t subsided, something I was
made lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating became increasingly more
to hold out for just a
coming from aT.V.and smelt
almost guaranteeing the target’s exact
to do was sneak
that should be simple enough to complete with the new dagger I’d acquired
the floor for any weakness that may
Moving closer until—.
‘—you don’t have to..."
faint voice suddenly spoke behind me, and I instantly crouched to the ground
no one
almost like a whisper and yet I’d
if it were
were close enough
wasn’t just
a new
it more difficult to focus a s I looked around, frantically trying
whoever
was definitely nothing
the T.V could now be heard, along with some light snores
wasn’t stemming from the
Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood back up, walking
I stood right behind the man who fit
now or
lifted my arm and aimed my dagger, going for a spot
was no need to cause unnecessary pain, I
have to do this...You don’t
spun around and lashed my dagger out towards the
the intense, sharp pain
it
yet only empty air filled the space around me.No, there was no one there...but I thought I knew what was wrong
that had been messing with my head
...It was that drug.
that Kieran Lycroft had given
whatever he’d done to me
me out of doing what I
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
the fuck?" someone
the hell are
more and, sure enough, there was
Awake.
in
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