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

I

hour, I had packed

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

important things when

sure that no

if they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember my

no one wanted to

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

journey easier, but I'd be lying if I said my injuries weren’t

air and with slightly faster healing, I knew I

But I persevered regardless.

in mind of proving myself to my

that nothing else

o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something that wasn’t just the ache of my

my mind, the start of

what I’d experienced on the night of the

I wished

all times.I gritted my teeth against the

the time and I could deal with i t

needed to focus on

the

been the easy part; entering the public

that people wouldn’t

I knew this wasn’t that big of a deal when this side of town was as neglected as this apartment’s security was

job, all things considered.I hadn’t been

a brief description, a time and

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

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

one; obedience.Always follow the

was no need to

made my way up the stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until

from the eyes of anyone arriving via the

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

front door harder as concentrating became increasingly

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

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

almost guaranteeing the target’s

needed to do was sneak up and end

to complete with the new dagger I’d

the floor for any weakness that may create sound, and proceeded

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

voice suddenly spoke behind me, and I instantly crouched

one

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

it were right next to

were close

it wasn’t just a

in my brain, a new pain pierced me

s I looked around,

whoever had

yet there was

of people speaking on the T.V could now be heard, along with some light snores coming from the armchair in front

that whoever had spoken, it wasn’t stemming from

persisted through the pain and stood back up, walking to behind the

quietly until I stood right behind

was now or

dagger, going for a spot that would make

to cause unnecessary

to do

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

the intense, sharp pain it seemed to bring

it stop

the space around me.No, there was no

same thing that had been messing with

...It was that drug.

that Kieran Lycroft

me

Scaring me out of

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

the fuck?"

hell are

shit.I turned around once more and, sure enough, there was

Awake.

me in his living

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