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

what to

of course, I knew only

I had packed my

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

was one of the most important things

that no one saw

did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember my

no one wanted to be

location, choosing to stick to the shadows of

speed and strength made the journey easier, but I'd be lying

healing, I knew I would still need another day or so before I

But I persevered regardless.

the intent in mind of proving myself

myself that

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

a burning in my mind, the

what I’d experienced on the night of the

I wished would never

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

time and I could deal with i t later once

just needed

the front

entering the

wouldn’t still be around, coming home

this

straightforward job, all things considered.I hadn’t been given

name, a brief description, a

more details since

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

number one; obedience.Always follow the orders from

to undergo another reminder

choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon the room I was looking for; apartment

somewhat away from the eyes of anyone arriving via

my head hadn’t subsided, something I was

door harder as concentrating became increasingly more

little bit longer though.I had to hold out for

smelt

almost guaranteeing the target’s

do was sneak up and

should be simple enough to complete

for

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

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

one was

It was almost like a whisper and yet I’d

were right next

were

it wasn’t just a

a needle in my brain, a new pain pierced

it more difficult to focus a s I looked around, frantically trying

for whoever

yet there was definitely nothing

on the T.V could now be heard, along with

spoken, it wasn’t stemming from

the

quietly until I stood right behind the man who fit

now or

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

cause unnecessary

do this...You

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

the intense, sharp pain it

it

air filled the space around me.No, there was no one there...but I

had been messing

...It was that drug.

that Kieran Lycroft had given

whatever he’d done to me must have still been

my work Scaring me out of doing what I

though? Or was I wrong 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 reality, the sound of another mistake waiting to happen then snapping me from m

the fuck?"

the hell are

around once more and, sure enough, there was

Awake.

in

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