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

scanned her face with worry.She was

That much was clear.

her voice comes out like a broken husk, and she

wrong? What is happening?" I asked, panic

I could use my magic to heal her if

afraid my time is running out," she

spread around her pillow like a halo and my dark eyebrows

"What do you mean?"

dying, Ruby.My time on this Earth is nearly up and! am sorry that I have failed you," she whispered, and

I shook my head.

about? She is an Elder witch! She

obvious signs of injury or illness but I saw none.She reached up one hand 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 knew this would be how it ended but I thought I had more time," she smiles as she drops her

This made no sense.

been 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

wallpaper of the room around us started

as items started to fall from the

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

as she clutched

is happening?

her eyes snapped

have the power to destroy or save the human realm.I have trained you

the ceiling started to crack and crumble above

do, Ruby.But it was the only way I could delay the prophecy from coming true.But it seems I have failed.I could

"Take this."

black bag and I stared at

my power to open the portal.You must leave before this place turns

without you.None of this makes any sense! What am I supposed to

extraordinary and I know you will

pushed me away and I stood shaking my head.She lifted her hands as her eyes glazed over and a swirling blue liquid

back at her in bed

that I am sorry," was the last thing that left her lips before

portal and landed on my butt

portal closed and I

could just jump through for a few more seconds,

the realm is