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

couldn’t do anything. As usual, we were so

felt like something

a wicked smile when they threw me onto

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

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was alone with five girls who hated my very existence. They could kill me and no one

me to my feet again, and Lyra came into

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

you lost

anger, and the next minute,

my face. She raised it and

streaked down

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

I fell onto

back the searing pain in my body. Everywhere hurts. I tried not to sob. Not to show that her actions were breaking me. “This is just a warning, she crouched to my level, pulling my hair

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

minions

on the floor for minutes, and

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

face by

Slowly I stood up

missed a class

a mystery. It’s Lyra after all.

at my reflection, noticing that my make-up was mostly gone. Some stain of mascara and eyeliner smudged underneath and at the corners of my

are red and swollen, with scratches of dried

my shirt slowly and traced the bruise from the impact

whenever Theo was having his “fun” with Lyra or some

face and fixed my clothes so that nobody would see

Then the bell rang

to still get

I just want to go home and hide from

nearly positive that I saw all the three bybrids; Eros friends turned their heads to look

etched tightly as though

with them. Maybe he

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the hybrids couldn’t possibly care about anything that happened to me. I was nothing to

was just a few minutes ago

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

caught Lyra’s smirk and her