Scourge
The women tried to look away from the face of their leader. He was ready to pick another person to sacrifice. His people all wailed once one of the guards dragged a young child to the offering altar.
Enormous grey clouds appeared in the sky. The sun’s golden rays all faded away. A great hush fell over the assembly. Lightning struck the ground and from it a dark figure appeared~ Eski.
The elders had told the younger generation about a leader who had stumbled upon a precious stone while traveling through the valley of death. That leader sacrificed the rest of his men to make sure that Eski had gotten her fill in order for him to escape. No one knows where the precious stone is now. From that point on, she appeared once every year to come take another soul from the group.
Eski raised her hand and the young child’s body levitated towards her. When the child was right in front of her, she removed the soul right out of the child. Everyone screamed as they witnessed that chilling sight. Eski smiled the moment the soul went into her belly. And she vanished in a whirlwind of dust, leaving the lifeless child’s body on the ground.