This chapter is the reason my search history is now nothing but Satanic rituals. Prepare for a dramatic chapter!!!

Jungkook's P.O.V

"We'll have to act quick", Xiumin's aunt stated, rummaging through her stuff. She broke the magic wall around her house a few hours ago so we could join her inside. She pulled unknown stuff out of cabinets and from her desk, ignoring our questioning gazes.

"If the Kiané attacked Jungkook that means he could feel threatened. And if he feels threatened that means our plan could actually work and he knows it too", she explained after finally getting everything together, "That means we better start the process now before he's able to regain his absolute strength".

"Are you ready Taehyung?"

Everyone looked at my boyfriend who gulped but nodded anyway.

"Good, because if you said otherwise we would have still gone through with the plan", she nodded which made his face pale a little. I slid my hand in his and squeezed it to, hopefully, assure him a little. He sent me a small smile though I know this situation is everything but smile-like.

"We'll have to do this somewhere quiet and big incase a fight would be necessary", she opened a map, tracing the streets with her index finger, "This field is under construction but they haven't actually started building anything. It's supposed to belong to some rich guy who wanted a vacation home. It's in the middle of a big field surrounded by woods. No one will question us there".

"I guess that's fine", she responded to herself, "And guessing is the best we can do".

She dragged us all to her pickup truck which could fit only four people inside. Xiumin, Hoseok and Yoongi sat inside while Taehyung, Jin, Jimin, Namjoon and I sat in the trunk.

"Do you think it'll work?", Namjoon asked, glancing nervously at us. Jin shuffled closer to him and rested his head on top of his shoulder, seemingly trying to forget the fact Taehyung was sitting close to him.

"It has to", I balled my fists, "That Kiané asshole has been messing with Taehyung's life for way too long. It has to be stopped".

The brunette next to me smiled warmly at me and I smiled back. Curling my tail around his arm I wedged myself between his legs, back leaning against his stomach. He closed his arms around my waist and kept me in place.

"I love you, you know. Doesn't matter what happens after today, I just want you to know that I love you", he mumbled, chin resting on top of my shoulder.

"I know", I closed my eyes and focused on the steady heartbeat in his chest, reminding me of the fact he was still very much alive and mine, "I love you too".

The calm atmosphere was quickly shattered when we arrived at the field, nothing but grass surrounded by huge trees in sight. We hopped out of the trunk and joined the others who were already making their way to the middle of the field.

"Okay so this is how we're going to do this", the aunt, apparently named Areum (Namjoon told me), turned to us. She pulled out a bunch of fancy looking stones and laid them on the ground.

"These are gemstones, sacred crystals that will protect us from the Kiané and help us in our work of exorcising it", she pointed at all of them individually, "Black Tourmaline, Agate, Bloodstone, Emerald, Black Onyx, Peridot and Orgonite. Each one of you will take a crystal and hold it up against your heart".

We hurriedly took one, except Taehyung and Jin (who coudn't be part of the ritual but decided to watch from the side lines), and got back into our half circle surrounding her.

"Taehyung", she turned to him, "You will sit there on the grass. I want you to find your inner peace. Think of something that makes you happy, that one thing that can bright up your day, the thing you want to live for. That will be your shield of protective light. We can't build that shield for you, it comes from within".

He looked anxious but nodded with determination. She ushered him to sit down in the middle of the field and he did so. With crossed legs and head leaning on his arms he closed his eyes and sighed.

"In case his shield doesn't work we can still do this for extra protection", she got out a bottle of what looked like salt and sprinkled it around her, "My grandmother used to say "A sprinkle of sea salt a day keeps the demons away". She was quite right".

I glanced at the rest of the boys. They all seemed extremely nervous, especially Jin and Hoseok. Hoseok would never admit it but he's scared of a lot of things. Sometimes the big bad alpha isn't so bad.

"Taehyung seems heavily in concentration. Let's gather around him", she waved us over so we could stand in a circle around him. I clutched the Black Onyx tightly into my hand and pressed it against my heart, in hopes it would work. It was strange to see my boyfriend sitting there as if he was an angel himself. His dark brown hair ruffled in the wind and his striped shirt sat nicely against his tan skin. No one would have ever suspected a Kiané to reside inside of him. But today it'd be finally over. His pain would finally end. I really hoped this ritual thing would work.

"Spirit who presently resides here. I am protected and you cannot harm me. I address you with the utmost respect. I do not know your reasons for being here, but you are intruding on this young boy's and his friends' lives and there is nothing for you here. I am asking you to please leave. Go back whence you came. Go home, where you will be at peace".

She stepped closer and we all did, closing the circle around him. I noticed Taehyung started breathing more heavily, his once calm posture now trembling.

Areum took a deep breath and held a firm posture, "terrae, cantata Deo, psallite Cernunnos, Regna terrae, cantata Dea psallite Aradia. caeli Deus, Deus terrae, Humiliter majestati gloriae tuae supplicamus Ut ab omni infernalium spirituum potestate, Laqueo, and deceptione nequitia, Omnis fallaciae, libera nos, dominates. Exorcizamus you omnis immundus spiritus Omnis satanica potestas, omnis incursio, Infernalis adversarii, omnis legio, Omnis and congregatio secta diabolica. Ab insidiis diaboli, libera nos, dominates, Ut coven tuam secura tibi libertate servire facias, Te rogamus, audi nos! Ut inimicos sanctae circulae humiliare digneris, Te rogamus, audi nos! Terribilis Deus Sanctuario suo, Cernunnos ipse truderit virtutem plebi Suae, Aradia ipse fortitudinem plebi Suae. Benedictus Deus, Gloria Patri, Benedictus Dea, Matri gloria!"

I had no idea what she had just said but it seemed the Kiané did not approve of it. Taehyung's trembling had gotten worse until he was at the point of shaking as if he was having a seizure. Maybe he was having one. I had no idea. I could only keep my eyes trained on my boyfriend who was not doing okay right now.

He suddenly jumped up, fists balled and eyes still closed. Everyone wanted to flinch backwards but something pulled us back in. Areum yelled for us to keep still or we'd break the ritual.

"So you really thought you could drive me out with some silly ritual?", Taehyung heaved, a second deep and static voice was evident underneath his own voice, "Stupid humans. I have waited years for this and you think you can stop me now? I will kill you all!"

"Leave this body now! Or face the consequences!", Areum yelled back, a heavy wind suddenly came up and Taehyung seemed to attract it. He was now shrouded in a cloak of wind and leaves, eyes black and head held high.

"What are those consequences you speak of little human? I have the upperhand here!", Taehyung laughed, "Once I break out of this human shell I will be invincible!"

"You thought so", she sneered and then turned to us, "Boys, I want you to-"

"Stop this!"

A loud voice broke through the howling wind and shaking trees. Everyone looked back at Taehyung who was now clawing at his own skin.

"Are you fighting back against me little boy?", the Kiané spoke, "You stopped me last time but not now, not now I'm gaining my absolute strength back".

"I will fight against you, forever if necessary", Taehyung screamed back, gashes caused by nail marks now leaking blood, "Get the fuck out of my life!"

Areum urged us all to get even closer and to hold our crystals out to Taehyung who was in a battle with himself.

"Sure", the Kiané growled, "Cause your life ends here".

A horrible crack was heard and the wind stilled. Taehyung fell limp against the ground.

"No..."

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Finally wrote this chapter after planning it for months!  Hope you enjoyed the ritual.