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

I called to

couldn’t do anything. As usual, we

felt like something was draining

flashed a wicked smile when they

hit. I curled to

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was alone with five girls who hated my very existence.

girls dragged me to my feet again, and Lyra came

mate,”

only, because you

minute, my

my face.

down

stay far

legs and I fell onto

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

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

minions

floor for minutes, and hours

I was done crying for people who didn’t value

by

Slowly I stood up

knew I had missed a class or

It’s Lyra after all. She has the school at her Beck and calls.

my make-up was mostly gone. Some stain of mascara and

cheeks are red and swollen, with scratches of dried blood

slowly and traced the bruise

was having his “fun” with Lyra or some other girl. I wouldn’t

so that nobody would

Then the bell rang

need to still get to

go home and hide

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

jaws were etched tightly as though

with them. Maybe he had a different

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possibly care about anything that

minutes

slipped into the next class. The

Lyra’s smirk and her