21

Alessio

I'm at Raventhorn Hall, the headquarters of the Knights. It is situated on the grounds of Raventhorn University.

This is the place where the Ritual of Initiation is conducted. Here you take the oath, pledging your life to the Knights to live and die by the vows you make.

I walk into the ritual hall making my way down the path where Aleksander Ivanov stands at the head.

When I gave him my report last night his one request was for me to do this—take the oath again in front of him and the Knights' council.

That report included the truth about my father. As I am going to be Aleksander's second in command, Leif thought it wise to tell him and I agreed. I need this man to trust me, so I will tell him all the things I feel he needs to know about me.

Aleksander is standing between the stone statue of Raventhorn and the Fountain ofPromises, symbolic of the river the Viking Knights used centuries ago for rituals like this.

Around Aleksander are the twenty four members of the Knights' co