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

know what

of course, I knew only

packed

impossible for anyone to recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable cloth mask that

most important things

sure that no

they did, then ensuring

to

swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to stick to the shadows of the night and alleys along the

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

air and with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still need

But I persevered regardless.

only the intent in mind of proving

myself that nothing

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

burning in my mind,

experienced on the night of

wished

yet here it was again, now of all times.I gritted my teeth against

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

now, I just needed to focus on

I slipped through the front door

the easy part; entering the public area

people wouldn’t still be around,

a deal when this side of town was as

all things considered.I hadn’t been

brief description, a

details since it wasn’t something I needed to

push my luck, having broken rule number one this

follow the orders from

was no need to undergo another

up the stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until

corner and somewhat away from the eyes of anyone arriving via

burning in my head hadn’t subsided, something

front door harder as

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

aT.V.and smelt the scent of someone located in the

the target’s

was sneak up and

job that should be simple enough to complete with

for any weakness that may create

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

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

one was

had that come from? It was almost like a whisper and yet

it were right next

they were close enough to

it wasn’t just

in my brain, a new pain pierced me

to focus a s I looked around, frantically

for whoever

there was

be heard, along with some light snores coming from

it wasn’t stemming from the man I was here to

Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood back up, walking

quietly until I stood right behind the man who fit

now

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

cause unnecessary pain, I

have to do this...You don’t need

out towards the voice, hoping to

stop the intense, sharp pain it

it stop haunting

was no one there...but I thought I

same thing that had been messing with my head

...It was that drug.

Kieran Lycroft had given

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

my work Scaring me out

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

the fuck?"

the hell are

more and, sure

Awake.

me in

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