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.

+

“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

I called to my

anything. As usual, we were so

like something was draining our

when they threw

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

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who hated my very existence. They

feet again, and Lyra came

if it isn’t the rejected mate,” Lyra said, grabbing my jaw tightly. Her minions

only, because you lost yours.”

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

baring her claws at my face. She raised it and hit

streaked down

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

she kicked my legs and I fell

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

you’re trying to get my mate to notice

minions

floor for minutes, and

I wasn’t going to cry, I

my face by the mirror above

Slowly I stood up

knew I had missed a

a mystery. It’s Lyra after all.

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

cheeks are red and swollen, with scratches

lifted my shirt slowly and traced the

nasty as the bruises I had before whenever Theo was having his “fun” with Lyra or

and fixed my clothes so that nobody

Then the bell rang

to still

go home

nearly positive that I saw all

were etched tightly as

them. Maybe he

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couldn’t possibly care about anything that happened to me.

just a few minutes ago that Eros knew I

slipped into the next class. The teacher barely took in

Lyra’s smirk