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.

job," he simply

what to

course, I knew only too

had packed my

via a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled up to cover both

important things

no one

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

no one wanted to be recognised

to the location, choosing to stick to the shadows of the night

the journey easier, but I'd be lying if I said my

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

But I persevered regardless.

with only the intent in mind of

myself that nothing else

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

a burning in my mind,

I’d experienced on the night of the

wished would never

again, now of all times.I gritted my teeth

wasn’t the time and I could deal with i t later once the job was

I just needed to focus

slipped through the

part; entering the public

night but not late enough that people wouldn’t still

of a deal when this side

job, all things considered.I hadn’t been

first name, a brief description, a time

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

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

follow the orders from

need to undergo another reminder

elevator, until I finally came upon the room I was looking

away from the

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

door harder as

though.I had to hold out for just a

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

guaranteeing the

I needed to do was sneak up and end this

complete with the new dagger

for any weakness

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

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

one

come from? It was almost like a whisper and yet I’d heard

were right next to

if they were close

wasn’t

my brain, a new pain pierced

s I looked around, frantically trying to spot the

for whoever had

there was

be heard, along with some light snores coming from

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

Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood back

stood right behind the man who fit

was now or

aimed my dagger, going

need to cause unnecessary pain,

do this...You

around and lashed my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it was once

pain it

it stop

was no one there...but I thought I knew what

same thing that had been messing with my head only

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran

me must have still been in my

with my work Scaring me

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

fuck?" someone

hell

shit.I turned around once more and,

Awake.

in his

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