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

I had packed

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

the most important things

that no one saw

then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember

no one wanted to

my house and swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to stick to the shadows of the night

journey easier, but I'd

I knew I would still need another

But I persevered regardless.

mind

myself that

the location perfectly on time, intending t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something

was a burning in my mind, the start of a

what I’d experienced on the night of the

wished would never

now of all times.I gritted my teeth against the pain

could deal with i t later

I just needed to focus on

the front

had been the easy part; entering the public area without being

late enough that people wouldn’t still be around,

big of a deal when this side of

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

first name, a brief description, a time and

details since it wasn’t

want to push my

one; obedience.Always follow the

no need to undergo another reminder

the stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon

around the corner and somewhat away from the eyes of

my head hadn’t subsided, something I was

front door harder as concentrating became increasingly more

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

could hear sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt the scent of someone located in the same

guaranteeing the target’s exact

do was sneak up and end this

enough to complete with the new dagger I’d

floor for any weakness

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

faint voice suddenly spoke behind me, and I

no one was

It was almost like a whisper and

were

were close enough

it wasn’t

needle in my brain, a new pain pierced me and caused

a s I looked around, frantically trying to spot

whoever had

yet there was

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

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

name of Noah.I persisted through the

behind the man who fit the description

was now or

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

need to cause unnecessary pain, I just needed

have to do this...You

towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it

stop the intense, sharp pain it seemed to bring

make it stop haunting

was no one there...but

thing that had been messing

...It was that drug.

Kieran Lycroft had given

whatever he’d done to me must have still

my work Scaring me out of

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 mistake waiting to happen then snapping

the fuck?"

hell

more and, sure enough, there

Awake.

me in his living

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