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," he

know what to

course, I knew only

the hour, I had packed my things and

via a moveable cloth mask that could be pulled

important things when completing a mission like

no one saw

least, if they did, then ensuring that they wouldn’t remember my

one wanted to be

the location, choosing to stick to the shadows of the night and

made the journey easier, but I'd be lying if I said my

with slightly faster healing, I knew I

But I persevered regardless.

with only the intent in mind of proving myself to

that

intending t o enter the run-down looking apartment complex, but as I did so,

in my mind, the start of

on the

I wished would

here it was again, now of all times.I gritted my teeth against the pain

I could deal with i t later once the job

I just needed to focus on

through the front door silently, making

been the easy part; entering the public area

night but not late enough that people wouldn’t still be around, coming

a deal when this side of

considered.I hadn’t been given much

brief description,

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

push my

the

was no need to undergo another

made my way up the stairs, choosing to avoid the elevator, until I finally came upon the room I was

around the corner and somewhat away from the eyes of

my head hadn’t subsided, something I

made lockpicking the front door harder as concentrating

to

sounds coming from aT.V.and smelt the scent of someone located in the same

the target’s exact

do was sneak

simple enough to complete with

for any

Moving closer until—.

‘—you don’t have to..."

suddenly spoke behind me, and I instantly crouched to the

no one

was almost like

were right next

if they were close enough to

wasn’t just a

brain, a new pain pierced

I looked around, frantically

for whoever had

there was definitely nothing

speaking on the T.V could now be heard, along with some light snores coming from the

spoken, it wasn’t stemming from the man I was here

name of Noah.I persisted through the

behind

now or

my arm and aimed my dagger, going

need to cause

do this...You don’t

again.I instantly spun around and lashed my dagger out towards the voice, hoping to silence whoever it was once

sharp pain it seemed to bring

make it

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

that had been messing

...It was that drug.

drug that Kieran

whatever he’d done to me must have

me out of

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 to happen then snapping me from

fuck?" someone

the hell are

once more and, sure

Awake.

me in his living

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