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,"
what
course, I knew only too
had packed my things and gotten
being accomplished via a moveable cloth
important things when completing a mission
sure that no one saw
then ensuring that they wouldn’t
one wanted to be recognised at
and swiftly started heading to the location, choosing to stick to
made the journey easier, but I'd be lying
I knew I would still need
But I persevered regardless.
only the intent in mind of proving myself to
that
perfectly on time, intending t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something
in my mind, the
experienced on the night of
I wished
was again, now of all times.I gritted my teeth against
could deal with i t later
I just needed to focus
through the
entering the
late enough that people wouldn’t still be around, coming home
wasn’t that big of a deal when this side
considered.I
a first name, a brief description, a
more details since it
mention that I didn’t want to push my luck, having broken rule number one
obedience.Always follow the
was no need to
choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon the room I was looking for;
somewhat away from the
my head hadn’t subsided, something I
the front door harder as concentrating
to hold out for just a little
I could hear sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt
guaranteeing the target’s
do was sneak up and end
be simple enough to complete with the new dagger I’d
steps, testing the floor for any
Moving closer until—.
‘—you don’t have to..."
suddenly spoke behind me,
one was
that come from? It was almost like a whisper and yet I’d heard
were
if they were close enough to
it wasn’t
new pain pierced me
difficult to focus a s I looked around, frantically trying
whoever had
was
on the T.V could now be heard,
stemming from the man
the name of Noah.I persisted through the pain
until I stood right behind the man who fit the
now or
my dagger, going for
to cause unnecessary pain, I just
do this...You
my dagger out towards
the intense, sharp pain
it stop
me.No, there was
been messing with
...It was that drug.
that Kieran Lycroft
of whatever he’d done to me
it was interfering with my work Scaring me out of doing what
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
the fuck?" someone
the hell are
around once more and, sure enough,
Awake.
me in his
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