Elinor knelt watching the blood pool around the body. It was no longer Amy, the voices that whispered in the shadows told her she had completed the ritual correctly. Her wealth was assured. The first sacrifice she had to make herself, then one every 6 years.

Any other victims they would take for themselves and ensure her safety.

She watched as the ritual finished. The blood seemed to act like an acid eating away the body til there was only a skeleton remaining. Then with a soft hiss the skeleton collapsed til there was only a few bones left...