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,"

know what

of course, I

packed my things

accomplished via a moveable

the most important things when completing

that no one

did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember my

no one wanted to be recognised

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

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

and with slightly faster healing, I knew I would still need another

But I persevered regardless.

intent in mind of proving myself to my

myself that nothing

apartment complex, but as I did so, I felt something that wasn’t just the

in my mind,

experienced on the night of the

wished would never

was again, now of all times.I gritted

wasn’t the time and I could deal with i t later once

now, I just needed to focus on my

the front door silently,

part; entering the public area without being

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

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

all things considered.I hadn’t been given much

name, a brief

more details since

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

the orders from the boss.No

need to undergo another

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

corner and somewhat away from the eyes of anyone arriving via

head hadn’t subsided,

made lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating became

had to hold out for just

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

the target’s exact

I needed to do was sneak up and

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

the floor for any weakness that may create sound,

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

faint voice suddenly spoke behind me, and

one

that come from? It was almost like

if it were right next to

were close

wasn’t just

needle in my brain, a new pain pierced me

more difficult to focus a s I looked around, frantically

whoever

yet there was definitely nothing

people speaking on the T.V could now be heard,

wasn’t stemming from the man I

persisted through the pain and stood back up,

right behind the

was now

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

was no need to cause unnecessary pain, I

have to do this...You don’t need to

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

sharp pain it

make it stop haunting

the space around me.No, there was no one there...but

messing with my

...It was that drug.

that Kieran Lycroft had

he’d done to me must have

me out of doing what I needed to

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

the fuck?"

hell are

shit.I turned around once more and, sure enough,

Awake.

in his living

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