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

do anything. As

felt like something was

a wicked smile when they threw me onto the

My body felt the impact of the hit.

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very existence. They could

girls dragged me to my feet again, and Lyra

the rejected mate,” Lyra said, grabbing my jaw tightly. Her

because you

in anger, and the next minute, my

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

down

you will stay

and I fell onto the

pain in my body. Everywhere hurts. I tried not to sob. Not to show that

see that you’re trying to get my mate to notice you. I’ll kill you!” she promised and walked off with

minions

on the floor for minutes, and hours before standing

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

examine my face by the mirror above the

Slowly I stood up

knew I had missed a class or

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

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

cheeks are red and swollen, with scratches of

and traced the bruise from the impact

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

so that nobody would see the ugly scars on my

Then the bell rang

I need to still get

I just want to go home

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

as though

Maybe

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about anything that happened

minutes ago

class. The teacher barely

caught Lyra’s smirk