It was a dark night when a young blonde woman was placed into a cart, blindfolded, and escorted deep into the woods outside of her village. Elora was the unlucky 'sacrifice' that her village had decided to offer up to the 'Monster' that resided in the forest. Elora's village had lived in fear of this monster that roamed at night, but was never seen. People had gone missing, and the elders believed that it was due to the being that resided in the woods. None of them knew what creature resided there, and thus, the beast had become the monster in the woods. No matter what, the elders kept a strict protection on their village with church visitors, blessings, and prayers. Unfortunately, it never seemed to work, as people or animals kept going missing.
Finally, one day, they decided to offer up a 'willing' sacrifice in order to satiate the monster's appetite. Unfortunately, young Elora, a girl of twenty two, was chosen. Her mother and father did not try to stop the elders. They knew this day could come, and so it had. Their daughter was to be offered to a monster... Elora did not struggle when the men came to her home on the evening of the selection. She let them place her in a carriage. They blindfolded her with a thick black fabric so that it would be impossible for her to find her way back, if she even attempted to escape. Elora did not move. She stayed quiet and she did not attempt any escape.
She had prepared herself for this day once the village elders had told the towns people that they would be selecting a young woman as a sacrifice. She and her parents had cried that night. They mourned the possible sacrifice; and when the time came, she was ready. She had been chosen as the elders believed that a woman held more purity and peace than a male. A male could have been seen as a challenge, and with the village already under threat, the elders wanted to keep things as easy as possible.
