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

me,” I called to

she couldn’t do anything. As usual,

like something was draining

smile when they

the hit. I curled to

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was alone with five girls who hated my very existence. They could kill

to my feet again, and Lyra came into

mate,” Lyra said, grabbing my jaw tightly.

because you lost yours.”

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

her claws at my face. She raised

streaked down

and you will stay far from him!” she

kicked my legs and I fell onto the hard floor

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

trying to get my mate to notice you.

minions

laid on the floor for minutes, and hours before standing

I was

by

Slowly I stood up

had missed a class

came to help me in the restroom is not a mystery. It’s Lyra after all. She has the school at her Beck

stared at my reflection, noticing that my make-up was mostly gone. Some stain of mascara and

with scratches of

my shirt slowly and traced the bruise from the impact

as the bruises I had before whenever Theo was having his “fun” with Lyra or some other girl. I wouldn’t

my face and fixed my clothes so that

Then the bell rang

to still get to

to go home and hide from this cruel

was nearly positive that I saw all the three

as though they were

them. Maybe he had a

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care about anything that happened to me. I was nothing to

just a few minutes ago

class. The teacher barely took in

Lyra’s smirk