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,"

what to

of course, I knew

packed my things and gotten

me; this being accomplished via a moveable cloth

one of the most important things when completing a

sure that no

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

no one wanted to be recognised at

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

easier, but I'd be

in the fresh air and with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still

But I persevered regardless.

in mind of proving myself to my

that nothing

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

a burning in my mind,

what I’d experienced on the night of the

wished

times.I gritted my teeth against the pain and

deal with i t

needed

slipped through the front door silently,

part; entering the public area

not late enough that people wouldn’t still

deal when this side of town was as neglected as this

all things considered.I hadn’t been given much

a brief description, a time and a

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

mention that I didn’t want to push my luck, having broken rule number one this week

obedience.Always follow the

need to

the elevator, until

around the corner and somewhat away from the eyes

subsided, something I was doing my best to

fact, it made lockpicking the front door harder as

longer though.I had to hold out for just a

I could hear sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt the scent

the target’s

do was sneak up

be simple enough to complete with

steps, testing the floor for any

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

voice suddenly spoke behind me, and I instantly crouched to

no one

almost like a whisper and yet I’d heard

were right next

if they were close enough

it wasn’t

a new pain pierced me and caused me to

difficult to focus a s I looked around, frantically trying to spot

for whoever

yet there was definitely nothing

speaking on the T.V could now be heard,

it wasn’t stemming from the man I

man by the name of Noah.I persisted through the

right behind the man who fit the description

now or

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

need to cause

don’t have to do this...You don’t need

my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it was

sharp pain

it stop haunting

there was no

same thing that had been messing with my head only days

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran Lycroft had given

to me

work Scaring me out of doing what

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

fuck?" someone

hell

once more

Awake.

me in his

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255