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.

small, fragile frame in her bed.Her sad

her side and taking her cold hand in mine, I scanned her face with

That much was clear.

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

What is happening?" I asked, panic in my

or a doctor, though I could use my magic to heal her

time is running out,"

spread around her pillow like a

"What do you mean?"

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

I shook my head.

She is an Elder

heal you!" I scanned her body for any 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

This made no sense.

balls of my feet as looming dread makes my stomach drop.The feeling was

the flowered wallpaper of the room around us started to vibrate and

the chests of

a huge amount of my power and energy.To keep us hidden and the realm untraceable, it has been feeding from me slowly.Draining

as she clutched

is happening?

and her eyes snapped

an important role in the prophecy.You have the power to destroy or save the human realm.I have trained you the best I can but you will need to find

the ceiling started to crack and crumble above

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."

bag and I stared at her

use the last of my power to open the portal.You must leave

am not leaving without you.None of this makes any sense! What am I supposed to

and I know you will do what is

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

back at her in bed and she

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

landed

portal closed and I breathed

my feet, I tried 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

magic of the realm is