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.

job,"

know what

of course, I knew only too

I had packed my things and gotten

recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable

of the most important things when completing

no one saw

then ensuring that they wouldn’t

no one wanted to

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

but I'd be lying if I said my injuries weren’t interfering at

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

But I persevered regardless.

with only the intent in mind of

myself that

apartment complex, but as I

in my mind, the

on the night of the

I wished

here it was again, now of all times.I gritted my

time and I could deal with i t later once the

just needed to focus on my

slipped through the front door silently, making

the easy part; entering the public area without being

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

deal when this side of town was as neglected as this apartment’s

all things considered.I hadn’t been given

brief description, a time and

press for more details since it

to mention that I didn’t want to push my luck, having broken rule number one

obedience.Always follow the

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 looking for;

around the corner and somewhat away from the eyes of

burning in my head hadn’t subsided, something I was doing my best

lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating became increasingly more

had to hold out for just

I could hear sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt

guaranteeing the target’s exact

I needed to do was sneak up

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

for any weakness that may

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

suddenly spoke behind me, and

no one was

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

it were

if they were close

wasn’t

a needle in my brain, a new pain pierced me

s I looked around, frantically trying

for whoever had

yet there was

heard, along with

wasn’t stemming from the man I was here

the name of Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood back up, walking to behind the

until I stood right behind the

was now or

lifted my arm and aimed my dagger, going for a spot

to cause unnecessary pain, I

to do this...You

towards the voice, hoping to

intense, sharp pain it

it stop

was no one there...but

that had been messing with my head only days

...It was that drug.

Kieran Lycroft had

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

Scaring me out

that finally made me break? But I didn’t get a chance to think on it further as I was dragged back into reality,

fuck?"

the hell are

more and, sure enough, there

Awake.

in his living

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