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 to

course, I knew only

packed my

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

important things

no one

did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t

one wanted to be recognised at a murder

location, choosing to stick to the

speed and strength made the journey easier, but I'd be lying if I said my injuries

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.

intent in mind

myself that nothing else

perfectly on time, intending t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as

was a burning in my

I’d experienced on the night of

I wished would

times.I

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

I just needed to

slipped through the front door silently, making

easy part; entering the public area without

late at night but not late enough that people wouldn’t still

that big of a deal when this side of town was as

all things considered.I

first name, a brief description, a

details since

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

obedience.Always follow the orders

to

silently made my way up the stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon the room I was

around the corner and somewhat away from the

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

lockpicking the front door harder

bit longer though.I had to hold

coming from aT.V.and smelt the scent

guaranteeing the target’s

I needed to do was

be simple enough to complete with

floor for any weakness that may

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

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

no one was

almost like a whisper and yet

if it were right

were close

it wasn’t just a

needle in my brain, a new pain pierced me and

to focus a s I

whoever

there was definitely nothing

the muffled sounds of people speaking on the T.V could now be heard, along with some light snores coming from the armchair in

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

by the name of Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood

stood right behind the man who fit the description

was now

dagger, going for a

no need to cause unnecessary pain, I just needed

have to do this...You

lashed my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever

sharp pain it

make it

was no one there...but I thought

same thing that had been messing with my head only days

...It was that drug.

that Kieran

effects of whatever he’d done to me must have still been in

it was interfering with my work Scaring me out of doing what I needed to

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 fuck?"

the hell are

once more and, sure enough, there was

Awake.

me in his living

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