The Procuring

Every ten years in the Village of Febronia an event known as "The Procuring" takes place. This event was originally created to appease the Elite Fae along with all of the beasts that inhabit their lands, a bargain made to keep them and their kind away from the major cities that freckle the small Country of Belkhar. Febronia is a Village bred for sacrifice for the "greater good' and lays prey to a dark creature who carries out the age old tradition each decade. It comes deep from within the Melinoe Wood and solely appears to take only one of age maiden of it's choosing from their beds in the dead of night, dragging its victim back into the wood from which it came. No one has ever truly seen the creature, they only hear the screams of the unfortunate girl it selected. Lisandra's first time being eligible for The Procuring was coming up fast.
And she intended for it to be the last.

The Procuring may have started long before she was born, but she was determined that it would end with her. One way or another.