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.

bed.Her sad eyes lock

in mine, I scanned her face with worry.She was gaunt and pale,

That much was clear.

Birthday child," her voice comes out like a broken husk, and

What is happening?" I

could

time is running out," she

a halo and my dark eyebrows pulled

"What do you mean?"

time on this Earth is nearly up and! am sorry

I shook my head.

is an Elder witch! She

none.She reached up one hand to my face to calm me and when my eyes locked with hers, I

This made no sense.

totally honest with you.I lean back and sit on the balls of my feet as looming dread makes my stomach drop.The feeling was back.The feeling that everything was about to

the flowered wallpaper of the room around us started

started to fall from the chests of drawers and frames shook on the wall.Was

the realm untraceable, it has been feeding from me slowly.Draining my soul.The day would always

winced as she clutched

is happening? I’m

shouted and her eyes

never be, Ruby.Scared.You play an important role in the prophecy.You have the power to destroy or save the human realm.I have trained you the

the ceiling started to crack and

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

"Take this."

a black bag and I stared at

to open the portal.You

this makes any sense! What am

I know you will do what is right.Now

shaking my head.She lifted her hands as her eyes glazed over and a swirling blue

glanced back at her in

was the last

through the portal and landed on my butt with a

closed and I breathed

I could just jump through

magic of the realm is