02235cam a2200373 i 4500 1109694301 TxAuBib 20240109120000.0 231204s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9798988704904 paperback $25.00 9798218160197 (OCoLC)1411759152 TxAuBib rda Tessier, Shantel,. The ritual [PAPERBACK] / Shantel Tessier. [Place of publication not identified] : Dark Angel Creations LLC, 2023. 544 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes excerpt of "The sinner" by 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, it's 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. --Back cover. 20240109. Man-woman relationships Fiction. College students Fiction. Rich people Fiction. . Secret societies Fiction. Violence Fiction. Organized crime Fiction. Deals Fiction. Romance fiction. lcgft Erotic fiction. lcgft TXSTC