Coven | BTS 🔞

33| Black Sabbath

Alice, Yoongi and Jimin froze, standing at the edge of the forest and staying very still, afraid that a sudden move would persuade the witch holding the knife to use it against Namjoon. The others quickly caught up, bumping in their backs.

"The hell is going on, why did you stop?" Hoseok asked, trying to see what was happening above Taehyung's shoulder.

He finally realized that something bad was going on when he caught sight of Jin's terrified expression, his eyes riveted to the center of the clearing.

Finally, the group spread out at the limit of the forest and all of them took it in; the ring of stones, the witches standing there, the bonfire, and the corpses hanging in a tree.

When Jungkook saw Namjoon, a knife held against his throat, he almost burst in the middle of the clearance to rescue him, but Jin was able to hold him back by grabbing the hem of his shirt, yanking him back. Megan put herself at Alice's side and grabbed her hand, silently comforting her.

The witches standing in the glade were eyeing them from afar, looking defensive. Their black dresses spilled around their naked feet like ink and all of them wore black lipstick, their breaded hair falling in their backs, except for two of them who were bald. They were young, healthy, and alluring, breasts spilling from their necklines and wide doe eyes sparkling in the dark, ready to seduce and destroy. There was something eerie about the way they looked, almost too perfect, making them look like dolls, cold and unreachable. Their porcelain teeth gleamed in the dark as they smiled, and a shiver ran up Alice's spine.

Their leader, the one wearing a gold crown on her braided blonde hair, looked like the youngest of them all. With her delicate features, button-like nose, and freckles, Alice would have given her fourteen or fifteen, but doubted it was her real age. Her eyes were too big, her hair too thick, and she thought there was probably some kind of spell at work to change her physique. Nobody could look that perfect.

The queen smiled, and her high-pitched giggle resonated against the circle of stones. Namjoon seemed surprisingly calm despite the blade cutting the skin at the base of his neck. Blood was trickling onto his neckline, white fabric turning black in the surrounding darkness.

"What do we have here? Other souls that need salvation?" the witch spoke, her green eyes darted at Namjoon.

Even her voice was child-like.

"This isn't your place to be! This circle of stones was built by my ancestors," calmly announced Namjoon, his voice loud and clear despite the knife always digging a little more in his throat.

There was a whisper amongst the witches as they glared at each other, mumbling amongst themselves.

"This is your sanctuary?" the queen asked, faking her surprise, "I'm so sorry, I didn't know... we can share if you want and celebrate the Sabbath together."

Her hand, holding the bone handle of the knife, brushed Namjoon's cheek while she talked and he tensed, his eyes opening wide.

"I think he's having a vision," whispered Taehyung to the others.

"I didn't know there was a white magic coven around... if I had known, I would have invited you to our celebration," the witch continued, smirking under her golden crown.

It was now obvious that Namjoon just had a vision, he was looking at his coven members with wide eyes, clearly trying to tell them something. His lips moved and he mouthed a silent word.

"Run."

Of course, nobody moved a finger. It was out of the question for the coven members to leave their leader alone with those monsters. Still, the tension rose, and Alice crushed Megan's hand in hers, feeling her heartbeat in the pit of her stomach.