Every 200 years, a virgin is sacrificed to a powerful beast, for breeding.
In the previous years passed, no offspring has been produced. It is known that only the mate to the beast can give him a pup.
The community always selects the outcast virgin...
"All my life, I have never been touched by a man. I've remained clean and chaste" - Ava Goodchild
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Next day, we were all brought out.
Led to a huge dining hall, we were made to seat according to our numbers. Since I was at the last, I was positioned at the extreme end.
Very much unnoticeable.
P-Piper!
I hurriedly searched for her among the girls, seated.
I sighed after seeing her, knowing she survived a night here.
Her head was directed down though, with her blonde hair covering her face as she chewed softly.
"Good morning, pawns."
Knight Lydia strode inside the room saying.
Just beside her was a woman, who I guessed to be her assistant due to her presence yesterday.
"Normally, it's always a systematic survival challenge, to get food. But to welcome you, we've specially prepared this buffet."
She surprisingly said.
"So, eat to your heart's content, cause today might be the last you enjoy,"
"Strong, smart, tactful, desirability. The one who breeds a baby for the beast, has to contain in her these virtuous qualities. If lucky, we'll have a Queen in this batch,"
"Or wait another 200 years,"
"Which I doubt any of us will live to that, as humans,"
Everyone gasped at how frightening that sounded.
Knowing what happened in that amount of time was indeed fearsome.
Murmurs suddenly filled the room.
I sensed the instability of it all, and for a moment, I thought the girls would rebel.
"Silence!"
Lydia commanded.
The dining hall eventually became quiet and still. Everyone, looked up at Lydia and stopped eating.
Emily still chewed though.
I, seated directly beside her immediately tapped her.
She adhered, and I was thankful for that.
"I'm not finished yet,"
She added.
Her hair, a brownish one, neatly woven to her mid back. There were also flowery decorations on her head, like yesterday, which she wore like a crown.
Her dress was still a purple robe that had a cape at the back, dashed with gold engravings on top.
