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 simply

know what to

of course, I knew only

hour, I had packed my

it impossible for anyone to recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable

the most important things when completing a

sure that no one

they did, then ensuring that they

to be recognised at

choosing to stick to the shadows of the night and

easier, but I'd be

faster healing, I knew

But I persevered regardless.

intent in mind

myself that nothing else

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,

experienced on the night of the

wished would never

all times.I gritted

could deal with i

needed to focus

I slipped through the front

been the easy part; entering the public area without being

enough that people wouldn’t still be around, coming home

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

all things considered.I hadn’t

a first name, a brief description, a time and a

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

to push my luck, having broken rule number one this

number one; obedience.Always follow the orders

was no need to undergo another reminder so

stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon the room I was looking

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

head hadn’t subsided, something I was doing

fact, it made lockpicking the front door harder as

had to hold out

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

guaranteeing the target’s

to do was sneak up and end this

be simple enough to complete with the new dagger I’d acquired from the

the floor for any weakness that may create sound, and

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

suddenly spoke behind me, and I instantly

no one

that come from? It was almost like a whisper and yet I’d heard it

it were

they were close enough

wasn’t just a

in my brain, a new

difficult to focus a s I looked around,

for whoever

there was

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

wasn’t stemming from the man I was here

name of Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood back

stood right behind the man who fit

was now or

arm and aimed my dagger, going for a spot that would make this

no need to cause unnecessary

to do this...You don’t

around and lashed my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it was once and

sharp pain it

make it stop haunting

air filled the space around me.No, there was no one there...but I thought I knew

had been messing with my

...It was that drug.

that Kieran Lycroft had

effects of whatever he’d done to me must have

was interfering with my work Scaring me out of doing what I

I simply was just losing my mind finally? Had this last punishment been the straw that finally made me break? But

the fuck?" someone

hell are

once more and, sure enough, there

Awake.

me in his

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