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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

This was not Schwel island. I had landed myself in a troublesome and extremely irritable island.

A while passed, the rest of the women who had come out from the tunnel of the cave joined the crowd of people that had gathered.

A man joined, he was muscular looking and had a tacky, strange iron thing sitting on his head. He went to the middle of the circle the crowd had formed, where the men and the women that had been picked were standing and stood there.

He adjusted the strange iron material on his head, his presence commanded silence from everyone who was present.

"That is our king." Mei whispered to me.

"Hear me, my loyal Tai citizens. It is that time of the week." He smiled, revealing a pair of yellow teeth. Everything about him looked crooked, so I did not find it surprising that he enjoyed a twisted tradition such as this.

The people of Tai- 2