Barbarians wife

Every year a single girl is sacrificed to the brute of the mountains. They protected the village which layed in the valley, in return a female of the towns choosing is given to them. Nobody knew how many there were or what their intentions with the girls were. Some say they torn the girls limb by limb ripping them to shreds for entertainment others say they took them as wives and bed them but they always died in the process with one thing being for sure they never came back.

They were all rumors but that never stopped them from scaring the village girls, "work hard fast and with purpose so you find a husband " girls were told. The ones with husbands or children were spared from being picked. After all who wanted to be given to Barbarians.

But what happens when the girl given to them is not of their liking?

The brutes leader himself this year has chosen his own sacrificial female, Autumn, a strong willed girl who is often called the most hardheaded girl of them all. Often teased for her dark complexion, from working in the sun all day to provide for her mother, she was an outcast from village but never let it get to her because their words never mattered.

The odd proposal causes an uneasiness amongst the village yet they can't afford to turn down the request.