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," he simply

what

course, I knew only too

I had packed my things

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

most important things when completing a

sure that no one

least, if they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember

wanted to be recognised at a

choosing to stick to the shadows of the

and strength made the journey easier, but I'd be lying

even back 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.

the intent in mind of

myself that nothing else

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

my

on the night

I wished

times.I

the time and I could deal with i t

I just needed to focus

slipped through the front door silently, making

been the easy part; entering

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

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

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

brief description, a

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

my luck, having broken rule number

the orders from the boss.No

to undergo another reminder so

avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon

the corner and somewhat away from

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

lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating

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

smelt the scent of someone

guaranteeing the target’s exact

to do was sneak

complete with the

steps, testing the floor for any weakness that may

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

behind me, and I

no one was

come from? It was almost like a whisper

if it were right next to

they were

it wasn’t just

new pain pierced me and caused

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

for whoever had

there was

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

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

man by the name of Noah.I persisted through the

I stood right behind the man who fit the

now or

and aimed my dagger, going for a

no need to cause unnecessary pain,

do this...You don’t need

around and lashed my dagger out towards the

the intense, sharp pain

it stop haunting

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

that had been messing

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran Lycroft had given

me must have still been in

my work Scaring me out of doing what I

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

the fuck?"

hell

once more and, sure

Awake.

in

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