The Ritual (L.O.R.D.S., #1)
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Read between October 6 - October 9, 2025
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“Don’t be ashamed, Blake,” he whispers in my ear. “You’re my chosen one. Be proud. I know I am.”
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“You live for me now.” He licks up the side of my neck to my ear. “And I for you.”
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“You serve and obey me. I protect and own you.”
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It’s a freeing feeling that I can’t even begin to explain. The only thing I can compare it to is when you’re swimming and come up for air. That burning sensation in your lungs, that tightness in your chest. When you break the surface and get that first breath and feeling the sun on your face. That’s what Ryat is to me. My sun. My air.
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“You either kill or be killed,” Ryat had said to me once. I didn’t understand how true that was, but I do now. It’s just a game, and who knows who will still be alive once it ends.