The ritual - shantel tessier

THE CHOSEN ONE Barrington University is home of the Lords, a secret society that requires their blood in payment.

They are above all-the most powerful men in the world.

They devote their lives to violence in exchange for power.

And during their senior year, they are offered a chosen one.

I VOW.

YOU VOW.

WE VOW.

People think growing up with money is freeing, but I promise you, its not.

My entire life has been planned out for me.

I never got the chance to do what I wanted until Ryat Alexander Archer came along and gave me an option for a better life.

He offered me what no one else ever had-freedom.

I chose to be his.

He made me believe that anyway, but it was just another lie.

A way that the Lords manipulate you into doing what they want.

After being sucked into the dark, twisted world of the Lords, I embraced my new role and allowed Ryat to parade me around like the trophy I was to him.

But like all things, what started out as a game soon became a fight for survival.

And the only way out was death.