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,"
what to
course, I
I had packed
black attire that made it impossible for anyone to recognise me; this being accomplished via a moveable cloth mask that could
important things when completing
sure that no
at least, if they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember
wanted to
location, choosing to
strength made the journey easier, but I'd
healing, I knew I would
But I persevered regardless.
only the intent in mind of
that nothing
o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but
my mind, the start of a
what I’d experienced on
wished would
all times.I gritted my teeth
time and I could deal with i t later once the job was
just needed to focus on
through the front door silently, making
part; entering the
not late enough that people wouldn’t still be around,
I knew this wasn’t that big of a deal when this side of town was as neglected as this
all things considered.I hadn’t been given much
a first name, a brief description, a
details since it wasn’t something
I didn’t want to push my luck, having broken rule number one
one; obedience.Always follow the
need to undergo another
avoid the elevator, until I finally came
from the eyes of anyone arriving via
hadn’t subsided, something I was doing my
made lockpicking the front door
though.I had to hold out for just
could hear sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt the
guaranteeing the target’s
do was
to complete with the new dagger I’d acquired
few cautious steps, testing the floor for any weakness that may
Moving closer until—.
‘—you don’t have to..."
a faint voice suddenly spoke behind me, and I
one
It was almost like a whisper and yet I’d heard
were
were close enough to
it wasn’t just
brain, a new pain pierced me and caused me to
more difficult to focus a s I looked around, frantically trying to spot the
whoever
there was definitely nothing
T.V could now be heard, along with some
had spoken, it wasn’t stemming
Noah.I persisted through the pain and stood back up, walking
behind the man
was now or
and aimed my dagger, going for a
need to cause unnecessary pain, I just
to do this...You don’t need
again.I instantly spun around and lashed my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it was once and for
the intense, sharp pain
it
there was no one there...but I
had been messing
...It was that drug.
that Kieran Lycroft had
me must have still
my work Scaring me out of
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 I was dragged back into reality, the sound of another mistake waiting
the fuck?" someone
hell are
once more and, sure enough, there
Awake.
me in his
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