II: The Houses That Weren't Burnt Down

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It was time. All the women in her village of the ages eighteen and nineteen had to gather at the towns square for the Picking. When the crown prince of Ethoria comes of age, he has to select five women of his liking. The days following, there will be a masquerade. No one knows what happens during this masquerade, except for the fact that five women go and only one returns.

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