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,"

what to

I knew only

packed my things and

anyone to recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable

of the most important things

that no one saw

did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t

no one wanted to be recognised at a

heading to the location, choosing to stick to the shadows of

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

and with slightly faster healing, I knew

But I persevered regardless.

in mind of proving myself

myself that

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

a burning in my

I’d experienced on the night

wished would never

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

could deal with i t later once the job was

needed to focus on

through the front door silently,

had been the easy part; entering

late at night but not late enough that people wouldn’t still be around, coming home from the

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

job, all things considered.I hadn’t been

a first name, a brief description, a time and

wanted to press for more details since

want to push my luck, having broken

the orders from the

need to undergo another reminder

my way up the stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon the room I was

away from the eyes of anyone arriving

in my head hadn’t subsided, something

lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating became increasingly

bit longer though.I had to hold out for

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

the

do was sneak up and end this

be simple enough to complete with the

floor for any weakness that may

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

faint voice suddenly spoke behind me, and I instantly crouched to

no one was

was almost like

it were right next to

they were

it wasn’t

a new pain pierced me and caused me

s I looked around, frantically trying to spot the

for whoever had

there was definitely nothing

muffled sounds of people speaking on the T.V could now be heard, along with some light snores

that whoever had spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the

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

behind the man who fit the description

now or

my dagger, going for

cause unnecessary pain, I just needed

have to do this...You

again.I instantly spun around and lashed my dagger out towards the voice, hoping

sharp pain it

it

around me.No, there was no one there...but I thought I knew what was

that had been messing with my head only days

...It was that drug.

Kieran Lycroft

he’d done to me must have

was interfering with my work Scaring me out of

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

the fuck?"

hell

more and, sure enough, there was

Awake.

me in his

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