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 simply

know what

I knew only too

the hour, I had packed my things and

a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled up

one of the most important

that no one saw

they did, then ensuring that they

all, no one wanted to be recognised at a

and swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to stick

I'd be lying if I said

even back in the fresh air and with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still

But I persevered regardless.

in mind of proving myself to my

that nothing

enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something that wasn’t just the

was a burning in my mind, the

I’d experienced on the night of

I wished

times.I gritted my teeth against

time and I could deal with i t later once the job

just needed to focus on my

through the

the easy part; entering the public

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

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

things considered.I

brief description, a

hadn’t wanted to press for more details

want to push my luck,

obedience.Always follow the orders from the

no need to

elevator, until

the corner and somewhat away from the eyes

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

door harder

though.I had to hold out for just a

aT.V.and smelt the scent of someone located in the

guaranteeing the target’s exact

do was sneak

that should be simple enough to complete with

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 I instantly crouched to

no one was

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

it were right next

if they were

it wasn’t just

a needle in my brain, a new pain pierced me

I looked around,

whoever

yet there was definitely nothing

could now be heard, along with

had spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the man I was here to

persisted through the pain and stood back up, walking

quietly until I stood right behind the

was now or

lifted my arm and aimed my dagger, going

cause unnecessary pain, I just

don’t have to do this...You

my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it was

sharp pain

make it stop haunting

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

that had been messing with my head only days

...It was that drug.

that Kieran

whatever he’d done to me must have still

Scaring me out

the straw that finally made me break? But I didn’t get a chance to think on it further as I was dragged

the fuck?"

hell

around once more and,

Awake.

in

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