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," he

what

of course, I knew only too

the hour, I had packed my things and gotten

accomplished via a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled up to cover

one of the most important things when completing

no one saw

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

all, no one wanted to be recognised

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

but I'd be

and with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still need another day or so before I

But I persevered regardless.

mind

that

perfectly on time, intending t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did

my mind, the start of

to what I’d experienced on the night of the

I wished would

of all times.I gritted my teeth

could deal with i t later

now, I just needed to focus on my

slipped through the front door silently, making

the easy part; entering the public area without

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

a deal when this side of town was as neglected

job, all things considered.I hadn’t

a brief description,

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

push my luck, having broken rule

one; obedience.Always follow the orders from the boss.No

need to undergo another reminder

silently made 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

hadn’t subsided, something

it made lockpicking the front door harder

though.I had to hold

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

guaranteeing the target’s

needed to do was sneak up

be simple enough to complete with

cautious steps, testing the floor for any weakness that may

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

behind me, and I instantly

no one was

from? It was almost like a whisper

were right next to

were close enough

wasn’t

needle in my brain, a new pain

s I looked around, frantically

for whoever

yet there was definitely nothing

of people speaking on the T.V could now be heard,

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

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

until I stood right behind the man

now or

aimed my dagger, going for

was no need to cause unnecessary pain,

do this...You don’t need to

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

pain

make it

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

been messing with

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran Lycroft

me must

was interfering with my work Scaring me out

of drug could do this 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

fuck?" someone

the hell are

more and, sure

Awake.

in

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