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
know what
I knew only
I had packed
for anyone to recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled up to cover both
the most important things
that no one saw
then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember
no one wanted to
my house and swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to stick to the shadows of the night
journey easier, but I'd
I knew I would still need another
But I persevered regardless.
mind
myself that
the location perfectly on time, intending t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something
was a burning in my mind, the start of a
what I’d experienced on the night of the
wished would never
now of all times.I gritted my teeth against the pain
could deal with i t later
I just needed to focus on
the front
had been the easy part; entering the public area without being
late enough that people wouldn’t still be around,
big of a deal when this side of
straightforward job, all things considered.I hadn’t been given
first name, a brief description, a time and
details since it wasn’t
want to push my
one; obedience.Always follow the
no need to undergo another reminder
the stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon
around the corner and somewhat away from the eyes of
my head hadn’t subsided, something I was
front door harder as concentrating became increasingly more
a little bit longer though.I had to hold out for just a little
could hear sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt the scent of someone located in the same
guaranteeing the target’s exact
do was sneak up and end this
enough to complete with the new dagger I’d
floor for any weakness
Moving closer until—.
‘—you don’t have to..."
faint voice suddenly spoke behind me, and I
no one was
It was almost like a whisper and
were
were close enough
it wasn’t
needle in my brain, a new pain pierced me and caused
a s I looked around, frantically trying to spot
whoever had
yet there was
heard, along with some light snores coming from the armchair in front of
that whoever had spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the man
name of Noah.I persisted through the
behind the man who fit the description
was now or
my arm and aimed my dagger, going for a spot that would make
need to cause unnecessary pain, I just needed
have to do this...You
towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it
stop the intense, sharp pain it seemed to bring
make it stop haunting
was no one there...but
thing that had been messing
...It was that drug.
Kieran Lycroft had given
whatever he’d done to me must have still
my work Scaring me out of
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
the fuck?"
hell
more and, sure enough, there
Awake.
me in his living
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