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
packed my things and
via a moveable cloth mask that could
important things when completing a mission like
no one
they did, then ensuring that
to be recognised at a murder
to stick to the shadows of
easier, but I'd be lying if I said my injuries weren’t
slightly faster healing, I knew I would
But I persevered regardless.
in mind of proving myself to my
that
apartment
was a burning in my mind, the start of
experienced on the
I wished would
of all times.I gritted my teeth against the
deal with i t later once the job was
just needed to focus on
so I slipped through the
had been the easy part; entering the public area without being
night but not late enough that people wouldn’t still be around, coming home from
of a deal when this side of town
considered.I hadn’t been
name, a brief
hadn’t wanted to press for more details since
I didn’t want to push my luck, having broken rule number
obedience.Always follow the orders from the boss.No questions
was no need to undergo
choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came
the corner and somewhat away from
in my head hadn’t subsided, something I was doing
door
little bit longer though.I had to hold out
coming from aT.V.and smelt the scent
guaranteeing the target’s
do was
enough to complete with
few cautious steps, testing the floor for any weakness that may create sound, and proceeded
Moving closer until—.
‘—you don’t have to..."
of nowhere, a faint voice suddenly spoke behind me, and I instantly crouched to
no one
was almost like
if it were right next to
if they were close enough
wasn’t just
brain, a new pain pierced me
s I
whoever had
was definitely nothing
on the T.V could now be heard, along with
whoever had spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the man
by the name of Noah.I persisted through the pain and
until I stood right behind
was now
my dagger, going for
need to cause unnecessary pain, I just needed
to do this...You
dagger out towards
the intense, sharp pain it seemed to bring
it stop
me.No, there was no one there...but I thought I knew what was
that had been messing with
...It was that drug.
that Kieran
to me must have
work Scaring me out of
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
the fuck?"
hell are
once more and, sure enough, there
Awake.
me in
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