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

do anything. As usual, we

like something was draining our

a wicked smile when they threw me

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

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very existence. They could kill me and no one

girls dragged me to my feet again, and Lyra came into

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

only, because you lost yours.” I

blazed in anger, and the next minute, my face was reeling

my face. She raised it

down my

is mine now, and you will stay far from him!” she said, hitting my face

and I fell onto the hard floor

to show that her actions were breaking me. “This is just a warning, she crouched to

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

minions

laid on the floor for minutes, and

wasn’t going to cry, I was done crying for people who didn’t

by the mirror

Slowly I stood up

knew I had missed a class

is not a mystery. It’s Lyra after all. She

stain of mascara and eyeliner smudged underneath

are red and swollen, with scratches of dried blood from

the bruise from the impact of the

had before whenever Theo was having his “fun” with Lyra or

fixed my clothes so that nobody would see the ugly scars on

Then the bell rang

to still get

to go home and hide from

down the hallway to my next class, I was nearly positive that

as though they

with them. Maybe he had a

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possibly care about anything that happened to

was just a few minutes ago that Eros knew I

off as I slipped into the next class. The teacher barely took in my appearance and looked

smirk and her minions