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

do anything. As

like something was

wicked smile when they threw

of the hit. I curled to the floor,

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five girls who hated my very existence. They

girls dragged me to my feet again, and

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

because you lost yours.”

the next minute,

dare you?!” She growled, baring her claws at my face.

down

will stay far from

kicked my legs and I fell onto the hard

Not to show that her actions were breaking me. “This is just a warning, she crouched to my level, pulling

my mate to notice you. I’ll kill

minions

the floor for minutes, and hours

cry, I was done crying for people who didn’t value

to examine my face by

Slowly I stood up

I had missed a

me in the restroom is not a mystery. It’s Lyra after all. She has the school at

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

are red and swollen, with scratches of dried blood from

and traced the bruise from the impact

the bruises I had before whenever Theo was having his “fun”

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

Then the bell rang

to still get to

go home and hide

my next class, I was nearly positive that I saw all the three bybrids;

tightly as though they were angry about

wasn’t with them. Maybe he had a

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that

few minutes ago

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

caught Lyra’s smirk and her minions