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

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

something was

when they threw me

of the hit. I curled to the

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was alone with five girls who hated my very existence. They could kill

to my feet again, and Lyra came into

if it isn’t the rejected mate,” Lyra

only, because you lost

next minute, my face was reeling

baring her claws at my face. She

down my

and you will stay

kicked my legs and I

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

you’re trying to get my mate to

minions

for

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

by the mirror above

Slowly I stood up

knew I had missed

after all. She

gone. Some stain of mascara and eyeliner smudged underneath

and swollen, with scratches of dried blood from Lyra’s

my shirt slowly and traced the bruise from

was as nasty as the bruises I had before whenever Theo was having

face and fixed my clothes so that nobody would see the

Then the bell rang

need to still get to

to go home and hide from

to my next class, I was nearly positive that I saw

etched tightly as though

them. Maybe he

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couldn’t possibly care about anything that happened

just a few minutes

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

Lyra’s smirk and her minions