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

of course, I

I had packed my things

for anyone to recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled up to cover

most important things when completing a mission

no one

they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember

wanted to

the location, choosing to stick to the shadows of the night and alleys along

I'd be lying if

in the fresh air and with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still need another day or so before I

But I persevered regardless.

mind of proving

that

t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something that

a burning in my mind,

what I’d experienced on

wished would never

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

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

just needed to focus

through the front

had been the easy part; entering the public area without

was late at night but not late enough that people wouldn’t still be around, coming home

deal when this side of town was as

considered.I

first name, a brief description, a

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

my luck, having broken rule number one this week

one; obedience.Always follow the orders

need to undergo another reminder

elevator, until I finally came upon

from

my head hadn’t subsided, something I

the front door harder as concentrating

to hold out for just a little

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

guaranteeing the target’s

was

simple enough to complete with the new dagger I’d acquired from the

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

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

of nowhere, a faint voice suddenly spoke behind me, and

no one was

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

were

they were close

it wasn’t just a

needle in my brain, a new pain pierced me

difficult to focus a s I looked around, frantically trying to spot

whoever had

yet there was definitely

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

it wasn’t stemming from the man I

man by the name of Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood back up, walking to behind the

quietly until I stood right behind the man

was now

and aimed my dagger, going for a spot that would make

to cause unnecessary pain, I

don’t have to do

it was again.I instantly spun around and lashed my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it was

the intense, sharp pain it seemed to

it stop haunting

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

had been messing with

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran

of whatever he’d done to me

me out

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

the fuck?" someone

the hell are

more and, sure enough, there was

Awake.

me in his

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