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

know what

I knew

had packed

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

of the most important

no one

then ensuring that they

no one wanted to be recognised

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

I'd be lying

in the fresh air and with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still need another day or

But I persevered regardless.

intent in mind of

that

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

my mind, the start

on the

I wished would

now of all times.I gritted my teeth against the pain

the time and I could deal with i t later once

needed to focus on my

I slipped through the front door

easy part; entering the public area without

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

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

things considered.I hadn’t been given much

brief

press for more details

want to push my luck,

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

no need to undergo another reminder

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

away from the eyes of anyone

in my head hadn’t subsided, something I was

lockpicking the front door harder as

to hold out for just a little bit

sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt the

guaranteeing the target’s exact

I needed to do was sneak

job that should be simple enough to complete with the

the floor for any weakness that may create sound, and proceeded

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

suddenly spoke behind me, and I instantly crouched

no one

almost

were right next

were close enough to

wasn’t just

needle in my brain, a new pain

s I looked

for whoever had

yet there was

could now be heard, along with some light snores coming from the armchair

it wasn’t stemming from the man I

the name of Noah.I persisted through the pain

stood right behind the

was now or

arm and aimed my dagger, going for a

to cause unnecessary pain, I

don’t have to do this...You don’t need to

towards the

the intense, sharp pain it

make it stop haunting

there was no one there...but I thought I knew what

thing that had been messing with

...It was that drug.

that Kieran Lycroft

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

with my work Scaring me out of doing what I needed

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

the fuck?"

hell are

once more and, sure enough, there

Awake.

in his living

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