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,"

know what

course, I knew only

the hour, I had packed my things

this being accomplished via a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled up to

of the most important things when completing

no

at least, if they did, then ensuring that

no one wanted to be recognised at a

and swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to

journey easier, but I'd be

faster healing, I knew I would still need another

But I persevered regardless.

only the intent in mind

myself that

t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I

burning in my mind, the start

I’d experienced on the night of the charity

I wished would never

again, now of all times.I gritted my teeth against the pain and pushed through

deal with i

needed to

the front door silently, making no

easy part; entering

late enough that people wouldn’t

a deal when this side

all things considered.I hadn’t

a first name, a brief description,

hadn’t wanted to press for more details

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

number one; obedience.Always follow the orders

was no need to

elevator, until I

away from the eyes of anyone arriving via the

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

fact, it made lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating became increasingly more

little bit longer though.I had to hold out

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

almost guaranteeing the target’s

to do was sneak up and

job that should be simple enough to complete with the new

took a few cautious steps, testing the floor for any weakness that may create

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

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

one was

was almost

were

were close enough

wasn’t

needle in my brain, a new pain pierced me and

difficult to focus a s I looked

whoever

was definitely nothing

now be heard, along with some light snores coming from the armchair in front of

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

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

I stood right behind the man

was now or

arm and aimed my dagger, going for a

was no need to cause

don’t have to do

towards the voice,

pain it

it stop haunting

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

been messing with my

...It was that drug.

Kieran Lycroft

me must have still been in my

with my work Scaring me out

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 me from

fuck?" someone

the hell are

more and, sure enough, there

Awake.

me in his living

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