Total pages in book: 331
Estimated words: 315585 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1578(@200wpm)___ 1262(@250wpm)___ 1052(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 315585 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 1578(@200wpm)___ 1262(@250wpm)___ 1052(@300wpm)
An all-new dark romance within the Lords world from the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author Shantel Tessier.
HIS ANGEL
I was born into a secret society known as the Lords. There is no limit to their depravity. If they want to be respected, they have to earn it.
Women like me are merely allowed to exist in their world … until they no longer need us.
I’ve spent most of my life wishing death would find me. That I’d be granted an escape from the reality I was forced to endure. But luck has never been on my side. It seemed I was destined to never be anything more than a failure.
I VOW. YOU VOW. WE VOW.
Then one night I took control of my life. It was my first taste of freedom, and I wanted someone to notice me.
Turns out, that was a mistake, and my father had been right, I didn’t deserve to be seen.
A Lord—Kashton Landon Pierce—saved me, and I offered to pay him the only way I knew how—with my body. After he finished with me, I ran.
Now he’s back in my life, wanting to pick up where we left off.
The problem with that is I’m no longer the scared woman I was when we met. I’ve spent years digging myself out of a dark hole, and I refuse to allow any man to drag me back. Especially a Spade brother. Even if he is promising me everything I’ve ever wanted.
I underestimated him. Kashton inserted himself into my everyday life and invaded my dreams.
He needed a pet to keep chained in the basement. A toy to occupy his free time. His brothers were busy living their lives, so he decided to take over mine.
What I didn’t expect was for him to make me feel loved. To be taken care of and put first before anything else. After being told you’re worthless your whole life, it’s hard not to believe it.
Kashton made me feel cherished and accepted me for who I was—unworthy.
For a moment, I found myself hoping for a future that I knew wasn’t possible. One where I could be what he needed. But our world has a way of teasing happiness before stripping it all away.
⚠️The book touches on very dark themes. The 𝗧𝗪𝘀 will be listed inside the book before the prologue and on Shantel's website.⚠️
If you have not read the L.O.R.D.S. series yet, do NOT start with 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒄. It contains spoilers from previous books in the series
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PLAYLIST
“Coming Down” by Five Finger Death Punch
“DOPAMINE” by Kami Kehoe
“Lullaby” by Niykee Heaton
“Don’t Let Me Down” by The Chainsmokers and Daya
“THE PURGE” by In This Moment
“Push” by Matchbox Twenty
“Wonderland” by Natalia Kills
“So Called Life” by Three Days Grace
“Crazy House” by Princess Nokia
“Make Me (Cry)” by Noah Cyrus and Labrinth
“Birthday Cake” by Rihanna
“Wasteland” by 10 Years
“Call Me” by Shinedown
“Follow You Home” by Nickelback
“Hallelujah” by No Resolve
“angel” by Camylio
“Never Too Late” by Three Days Grace
“I Found” by Amber Run
“Change (In the House of Flies)” by Deftones
“The Red” by Chevelle
“Sorry” by Halsey
“Everything in My Mind” by Nevertel
“Dance With The Devil” by Breaking Benjamin
“Never Leave” by Seether
“Truly Madly Deeply” by Savage Garden
“Hallelujah” by No Resolve
“Hate Me” by Blue October
“Fall Back” by Lithe
“Apologize” by Timbaland and OneRepublic
“Fire Up the Night” by New Medicine
“Sweat” by Open Till L8
“Even If It Kills Me” by Papa Roach
“Comedown” by Bush
“The Kill (Bury Me)” by Thirty Seconds To Mars
“Power Over Me” by Dermot Kennedy
“Hallelujah” by No Resolve
“Where I Left You” by HOLLOWFRAME
“Lifetime” by Three Days Grace
“Iris” by The Goo Goo Dolls
“Whiskey Lullaby” by Brad Paisley and Alison Krauss
“Hold On” by Chord Overstreet
PROLOGUE
L.O.R.D.
ALord takes his oath seriously. Only blood will solidify their commitment to serve those who demand their complete devotion.
He is a Leader, believes in Order, knows when to Rule, and is a Deity.
A Lord must be initiated in order to become a member but can be removed at any time for any reason. If he makes it past the three trials of initiation, he will forever know power and wealth. But not all Lords are built the same. Some are stronger, smarter, hungrier than others.
They are challenged just to see how far their loyalty will go.
They are pushed to their limits in order to prove their devotion.
They are willing to show their commitment.
Nothing except their life will suffice.
Limits will be tested, and morals forgotten.
A Lord can be a judge, jury, and executioner. He holds power that is unmatched by anyone other than his brother.
Chosen one:
A Lord must remain celibate during his first three years at Barrington University. Once he is initiated into the Lords, he is gifted a chosen for his senior year.
A Lady:
After they graduate from Barrington, they are to marry a Lady—a wife to serve him. If he shall die before her, she is then gifted to another Lord to ensure the secrets are kept within the secret society.
A Spade brother:
A Lord is placed strategically out into the world. But no Lord is safe from their own if they break their oath. If you don’t believe in hell, the Spade brothers will change your mind. They are a special kind of Lord. They will sit on their thrones and watch you burn to death for eternity with the fire they started. They give no fucks and have no limits. They collect the names they are given, and erase you from the world as if you never existed, and make you wish that was the truth.
Founder:
A founder is special to the Lords. Above the rest. A woman within the Lords’ world who is a founder is sentenced to a life as a breeder if she fails her assignment for initiation.
ONE
KASHTON
INITIATION
Loyalty
Freshman year at Barrington University
Isit in the corner of the cell, legs bent and forehead resting on my knees. I’m trying to stay present. Not live in the past.
It’s the silence that gets me. The cold chill in my bones and the ghost that haunts this hell.
“Sometimes you have to hurt the one you love.”
She speaks to me all the time. In my dreams, throughout the day. There’s no escape.
Days I’ve been locked in here. Hours and hours of being left with my mind. My father wants me to be disoriented, second-guessing myself.
Weak and vulnerable.
It’s a test that he wants to see me fail. He’d rather throw me away because I didn’t pass than tell them I couldn’t be the son he needs.
I have compassion for others, and for a Lord that’s unacceptable. They beat it out of you. “All you have is yourself,” my father once said, but I don’t believe him. I have my brothers. Adam, Saint, and Haidyn are my family. It doesn’t matter that we’re not blood. I’d die for them.
“Eat up, boy,” a distorted male voice calls out. “You’re going to need your strength.”
I raise my head to glare across the cell and see a Lord dressed in a cloak and mask standing outside the door. For a society that thinks they’re invincible, they sure do hide their true identities a lot.
He slides a plate with nothing more than a chocolate chip cookie floating in milk on it. The milk sloshes over the edge of the dish and onto the concrete floor.
The irony isn’t lost on me.
My father is a sick prick. He wants me to break before I even get to prove myself. I’m pretty sure the only reason he had me was because the Lords forced him to do so.