The Ritual

At Barrington University, the Lords operate as a secret society of the world’s most powerful men, trading blood and violence for absolute authority and selecting a "chosen one" during their senior year. For a woman whose wealthy upbringing felt more like a prison than a privilege, Ryat Alexander Archer initially appeared to be a savior, offering the one thing she craved most: freedom. She chose to belong to him, only to realize that her choice was a carefully crafted illusion designed by the Lords to manipulate her into submission.

After being pulled into their dark and twisted underworld, she embraced her role as Ryat’s trophy, but the seductive game quickly devolved into a brutal fight for survival where the only true escape is death.