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On Freedis Island, being chosen by the goddess is every woman’s dream, a chance to leave and fulfill a divine purpose. Nicole Scarlett has spent years yearning for that honor, just like her mother before her.

But when she is finally chosen, she learns the truth. The women don’t leave. They are sacrificed, fed to a monstrous creature while the men watch in silence.

Left for dead, Nicole awakens a power she never knew she had. Now, she’s out for revenge. The men of Freedis built this world on the blood of women. She will burn it to the ground.

#magic #supernatural #nonhumans

Blood of the Chosen

Like she promised, Trish actually did set up the town meeting at the square. Everyone was there, even my dad. I hoped that listening to what everyone had to say might help improve his condition, even if it was just a bit.

The people that had been imprisoned in the holding center were also present, but still in shackles. The village chief was also present, he remained in his ice prison, his furious glares intimidating no one.

"How has he been eating in there?" I asked a woman who was standing next to me and she shrugged and walked away.

Surely they had not been starving him, but the hole openings in the ice were not so big that food could be passed through it.

But it was still a mystery to me, these powers of mine. The people who I had frozen their feets to the floor had long since melted, freeing them but yet the ice cocoon was still standing, still solid with no sign of it giving away anytime soon.

Freedom