His Lost Tribrid Novel

Ruby POV 

Staring into the mirror that hung on the wall of my bedroom, I narrowed my purple eyes and studied my face.

Twenty-one.

I didn’t look different.

My long, thick black hair fell down my back in waves, my creamy skin clear and smooth, and my large lips still pouted as I frowned.

My body is becoming fuller as I grow older and I have to say I quite like my larger boobs and broader hips.

They make me feel grown up.

Womanly.

But none of this had happened over night.

However, what I couldn’t put my finger on was how I felt...different.

There was this overwhelming sense of something to come.My body was on high alert.My skin tingled with the anticipation.Of what, I am not so sure.

Perhaps I was just excited about my birthday after all.

Racing down the stairs, two at a time, I barreled into the quaint and cozy kitchen expecting to be met by Maggie’s smiling face at the very least.

With my hand gripping the doorway as I spun into the room, my disappointment caused me to stop dead.

The room was empty and everything was much the same as it was left last night.

When I came back for dinner, Maggie seemed more subdued than usual.

We ate our dinner in silence and when she finished, she excused herself for bed without even a mention of my birthday tomorrow.I wanted to go after her and check if she was okay but something stopped me.

She would talk to me when she was ready.

Yet, faced with the reality that she had not even bothered to get out of bed to celebrate with me like she had always done before, I knew I could not let this go.

Marching towards her room, the irritation I was feeling grew.It was the company of others, I have accepted that this is my fate.

So, the least she can do is bake me a cake! When I reached her room, I opened the door without knocking and stormed inside.

fragile frame in her bed.Her sad eyes lock with mine and all I see is

I scanned her face with worry.She

That much was clear.

out like a broken

wrong? What is happening?" I asked,

wasn’t like we had access to a hospital or a doctor, though I could use my magic

is running out," she muttered with a

around her pillow like a halo and my dark eyebrows pulled together in

"What do you mean?"

Ruby.My time on this Earth is nearly up and! am sorry

I shook my head.

is she talking about? She is an Elder witch! She can

to my face to calm me and when my eyes locked with hers, I froze.There was more pain, sorrow and regret in them then I had ever witnessed before

This made no sense.

on the balls of my feet as looming dread makes my stomach drop.The feeling was back.The feeling that everything was

room around

items started to fall from the

of my power and energy.To keep us hidden and the realm untraceable, it has been feeding from me slowly.Draining my soul.The day would always come when I had nothing left to give, but

as she clutched

What is happening? I’m

and her eyes

prophecy.You have the power to destroy

started

for what I had to do, Ruby.But it was the only way I could delay the prophecy from coming true.But it seems I have failed.I could never have killed you, my child.My loyalty

"Take this."

handed me a black bag and I

power to open the portal.You must leave before this

No! I am not leaving without you.None of this makes any sense! What am I supposed

extraordinary and I know you will do what

hands as her eyes glazed

her in

sorry," was the last thing that left her lips before she released a ball of energy into

and landed on my butt

portal closed and I

to summon all my power to open it again.Perhaps if I could just jump through for a few more seconds, I could get to her.I could save her.But I

of the