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.

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

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

That much was clear.

her voice comes out like a broken husk, and she

What is happening?" I asked, panic

had access to a hospital or a doctor, though I could use

is running out," she muttered

her pillow like a halo and my dark

"What do you mean?"

this Earth is nearly up and! am sorry that I have failed

I shook my head.

about? She is an Elder witch!

you sick? Maggie, tell me and I can 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

This made no sense.

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 change, only this didn’t seem to be the change I hoped it

wallpaper of the room around us started

whipped around and eyes dilated as items started to fall from the chests of drawers

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 I hoped to have prepared you enough

winced as she clutched her

What is happening?

and her

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

started to crack

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

"Take this."

black bag and I stared at her

power to open the

What am

know you will

stood shaking my head.She lifted her hands as her

glanced back at her in bed

last thing that left her lips before she released a ball of energy into my chest, knocking me

through the portal and landed on

and I breathed

to my feet, I tried to summon all my power to open it again.Perhaps if I could just

magic of the realm is