Thread: Warm nights and cold eyes( Duchess and Battleship44)

The village was peaceful today everyone went about their business as usual but to an unknown to them that today would be the day that the Jin was to accept the yearly offering of a beautiful maiden that was chosen out of the young women in the village, it was mainly chosen among the virgins, and some of the women made it a chore to marry before the choosing Charis just happens to be engaged to marry in a few short days, she was tall and lean with long black hair and tanned skin just like every other woman that was not married in the village, but what set her apart was her bright green eyes and full lips. She walked along before she was soon met in the center of the street by her fiance Joel, he was handsome and sweet just the kind of man any woman would be lucky to marry, i got this for you my sweet, it.. was my mothers and she would of loved you she looked down at the little ornament and gasped at the beautiful trinket, he moved around her and pulled it around her neck, and touching her skin with his fingers made her body shiver in delight, she smiled and looked down at it smiling oh Joel its beautiful thank you so much she smiled and he kissed her forehead gently before leaving her side to go back to her merchants booth. She walked in the town caring a basket on her hip, she was making her weekly trip to the village square to gather food for herself and her sick father, but the caravan was delayed this month and fresh fruits were hard to come by she kept her thin hood up and made her way to the back of a market booth where she met a kind woman who gave her a sack of fruit and wrapped pork, she handed the money to her and walked away quietly sneaking back to her home. She walked in and pulled her shawl off and moved up stairs to check on her father, she smiled when she found him asleep and went back to the little kitchen and started to cook the meat that she found at the bottom of the sack she sighed in disappointed at how little there was but made due with what she had to work with. She slowly cooked it before night fell she and her father were in the main room eating quietly before banging was heard on the door, she placed her food down before her father stopped her and got up him self moving to the doors and opening it what business do you have here Thal her father asked before Thal pushed his way into the house and turned his eyes on Charis before a few women came behind him with an armful of clothes and other ornaments, the village has spoken that your daughter is the perfect candidate for the sacrifice... today is the day The Jin requires a new woman she dropped her bowl and sat there with wide eyes I am engaged to be married i am already claimed she cried out, she was usually a defiant one but soon found the women around her and pulling her up to take her to her room to prepare her, im sorry my dear Thal said with a slightly evil eye but you have no choice, and besides there are better pickings for my son she gasped and fought against the women who drug her to the other room and sat her down to dress her . She breathed softly obviously mad and angry as the women pulled her clothing off bathed her and dressed her in a fine and revealing dress with the almost see through fabric that was the same as she shawl, with thick straps on the shoulders and long to the ankles it suited her the women draped it over her and started to tie the cords around her body to make the areas in between poof out to give it interest but what was really seductive about this piece was the sidings. The sides of her body were exposed to show off her legs and hips, they sat her down and started to pull her long black hair up and adorned it with beads and braids then tied it up in a slight bun making a few of the braids hang down against her elegant shoulders, then soon put sandals on her and lead her out into the main room where everyone could see her. She felt exposed and humiliated and soon started to struggle when Thal grabbed her wrist before a spear was held to her throat, she stopped and looked at her father about ready to cry as she was dragged out and wrists bound, making her walk behind Thal up the long road to the temple, with almost the entire village behind her, she had hoped Joel would stop him and take her away but he was nowhere to be found, this made her cry softly the black from her eye liner streaking down her cheeks as they approached the temple and pushing her to the front waiting for the gates to open.