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 knew only too

packed my things

recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable cloth

of the most important things when completing a mission like

sure that no one

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

to be recognised at a murder

to

but I'd be lying if I said

slightly faster healing, I knew

But I persevered regardless.

intent in mind of proving myself to

myself that nothing

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

in my mind, the start of a

to what I’d experienced on the night

wished would

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

deal with i

I just needed to focus

I slipped through the front door silently, making

entering the

late enough that people wouldn’t still be

when this side of town was as

straightforward job, all things considered.I hadn’t

a brief description,

hadn’t wanted to press for more details since it

my

the orders from

need to

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

around the corner and somewhat away from the eyes of anyone arriving via

burning in my head hadn’t subsided, something I was doing my

it made lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating became increasingly

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

smelt the

the target’s

do was sneak up

complete with the new dagger I’d acquired from the

floor for any weakness

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

behind me, and I instantly crouched to the

no one

from? It was almost like a whisper and

if it were

they were

it wasn’t just

new pain pierced me and caused me

focus a s I looked around, frantically trying to spot

whoever

was definitely nothing

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

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

name of Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood

until I stood right behind the man who fit the description

now

aimed my dagger, going for a spot that would make

to cause unnecessary pain, I just

have to do this...You

and lashed my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence

stop the intense, sharp pain it seemed

it stop haunting

space around me.No, there was no

been messing

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran Lycroft had

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

interfering with my work Scaring me out of doing what I needed to

made me break? But I didn’t get a chance to think on it

the fuck?"

the hell

turned around once more and, sure enough, there

Awake.

in his

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