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

anything. As usual, we were so

felt like something

when they threw me

hit. I curled to the floor,

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

to my feet again, and Lyra

if it isn’t the rejected mate,” Lyra said, grabbing

because you lost yours.”

anger, and the next minute,

at my face. She raised

streaked down

and you will stay far from him!”

I fell onto the hard floor

that her actions were breaking

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

minions

laid on the floor for

cry, I was done crying

face by the mirror above

Slowly I stood up

I had missed a class or

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

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

red and swollen, with scratches

traced the

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

and fixed my clothes so that nobody would see the ugly scars

Then the bell rang

I need to still get

home

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

as

them. Maybe he had

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care about anything that happened to me. I was nothing to

minutes ago that Eros

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

caught Lyra’s smirk and her minions