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

me,” I called to my

anything. As usual, we were

something was draining our

smile when they

of the hit. I curled to the floor, curling

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hated my very existence. They could kill me and no

girls dragged me to my feet again, and Lyra came

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

only, because you lost yours.” I

next minute, my face was reeling backward from a

at my face. She raised it and hit my

down my

Theo is mine now, and you will stay

I fell onto

in my body. Everywhere hurts. I tried not to sob. Not to show that her actions were breaking me. “This is just

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

minions

on the floor for minutes, and hours before standing

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

face by

Slowly I stood up

knew I had missed a class

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

my reflection, noticing that my make-up was mostly gone. Some stain

swollen, with scratches

lifted my shirt slowly and traced the bruise from the impact

had before whenever Theo was having his “fun” with Lyra or

clothes so that nobody would see

Then the bell rang

need to still get

I just want to go home and hide from

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

as though they were

Maybe

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possibly care about anything that happened to me. I was

just a few minutes ago

it off as I slipped into the next class. The

caught Lyra’s smirk and