The Beta’s Regret

Chapter 6

What did you say?” I asked, but he licked his lips.

“Don’t you think that skirt is too short for you to be walking around in?” he said, straightening his shoulders.

What? That is so random.

Why does he care if my skirt is too short? When did he start caring about my looks?

I was still deep in my confusion when I suddenly felt a hand touch my skirt pocket. Eros’s.

He pulled out my cellphone and began typing into it, without even asking for my pin number.

His phone rang once, then he canceled the call.

My eyes bulged from their sockets. What is he doing?

“Now, I have your number,” He grinned ***y and slowly pushed my phone into my palm

“See you some other time, Butter,”

Butter.

Then he is

gone.

I forced myself to breathe. My crush just took my number.

Eros just took my number!

“Yesssssssssssssssss!” I squealed, jumping into the air.

I turned to go back to class when I smelt them. My doom

Lyra and her minions.

My heartbeat accelerated.

“Eden!” Lyra hissed. Oh, no…. “You and I, need to talk,”

I gulped, looking around for an escape route. The hallway was empty and quiet.

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“Whats’up, Lyra?” I tried to be bold.

She signaled her four minions to grab me. The tall girls grabbed my arms and legs, digging their claws into my skin. They carried me roughly to the restroom.

Lyra trailed menacingly behind

called to

anything. As

something

when they threw me onto

impact of the hit. I curled to the floor, curling in

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my very existence. They could kill me and no

my feet again,

well, well if it isn’t the rejected mate,” Lyra said,

only, because you lost yours.”

the next minute, my face was reeling backward from a hard

my face. She raised it and hit my face

streaked down

you will stay far from

kicked my legs and I

in my body. Everywhere hurts. I tried not to sob. Not to show that her actions were breaking me. “This is just a warning,

trying to get my mate to notice you. I’ll kill you!” she promised and walked

minions

the floor for minutes,

going to cry, I was

to examine my face by

Slowly I stood up

I had missed a class

help me in the restroom is not a mystery. It’s Lyra after

mostly gone. Some stain of mascara and eyeliner smudged underneath and at the corners

cheeks are red and swollen, with scratches of dried blood from Lyra’s

the bruise from the impact

whenever Theo was having his

washed my face and fixed my clothes so that nobody would see the ugly scars

Then the bell rang

need to still get to

I just want to go home and hide from this cruel

nearly positive that I saw all

tightly as though they were angry about

Maybe he had

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about anything that

a few minutes

it off as I slipped into the next class. The teacher barely took in

smirk