The Hidden Tribrid

Chapter 2 Rubies

Sadie leans in close to my ear and says” let’s have some shots to get those hips ready to dance”. I gave her a look and said “fine, but I’m not going out there on my own”. We head to the bar and both get 3 shots from the bartender. Tequila isn’t the best, but it hits the spot and makes dancing a lot easier. We shot them one after the other and before they even had a chance to take hold, Sadie pulled me onto the dance floor.

We start dancing and moving our hips. I love the beat and just let myself go, Sadie is dancing in front of me. As I dance, I feel like someone is watching. I get a tingling sensation. I try to send out some feelers with my witch powers, trying to use as little as possible, but they are heavily impacted by the drinks I had earlier and my bracelets are blocking any of my other senses and stopping my advanced healing from metabolising the alcohol I have had. We are in a crowded pub. Of course, someone might be watching me, what can happen in a crowded club.

I just let my hips feel, then beat, I feel a strong presence behind me, then hands make their way onto my hips. I get tingles as the hand touches me and I involuntarily lean into them. I turned to face him and saw a tall muscular man, who must be one of the sexiest men I’ve ever seen. It's dark so I can only see an outline of a strong jaw with a little bit of stubble and army-style hair with short sides with a slightly longer top.

I dance and move in his arms, loving the feeling of his hands on me, losing myself in his embrace. When I feel another set of hands join my body, the same tingles shot into my sides, I turn my head to look over my shoulder and see a duplicate of the first guy standing behind me. I should be nervous dancing between these two magnificent men but I don’t. I feel relaxed. Moving my hips in time with them feeling safe and secure.

The first one bends his head down and brings it to my neck and inhales deeply. Wait, did he just sniff me? Keeping his face near my neck, he says in a deep voice “you smell amazing, mate”.

Mate, where have I heard that before thinking though my fuzzy brain, I remember gran telling me about shifters and their mates, she said shifters can tell their mates when they meet after the age of 16. Shifters…… oh no, these two guys must be shifters; I have to get out of here. I can’t be mated to a shifter. They will find out that I’m some sort of abomination and have me killed or imprisoned. I stop dancing and try and look for Sadie, but she is making out with some beefy man on the seat at the side of the dance floor. So much for waiting for her soul mate.

I turned to leave the dance floor and the second twin steps in front of me. I quickly said “I have to go”.