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

do anything. As

something was draining

a wicked smile when they

body felt the impact of the hit. I curled

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hated my very existence. They

feet again, and Lyra came

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

only, because you

in anger, and the next minute, my face was reeling backward

claws at my face. She raised it and hit my

streaked down my

is mine now, and you will stay

kicked my legs and I fell

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

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

minions

for minutes, and hours before standing

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

to examine my face by

Slowly I stood up

I had missed

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

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

cheeks are red and swollen, with

my shirt slowly and traced the

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

clothes so that nobody would see the ugly

Then the bell rang

I need to still get to

want to go home and hide

I was nearly positive that

as though they were angry about

wasn’t with them. Maybe he

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couldn’t possibly care about anything that happened to me. I was

few minutes ago

off as I slipped into the next class. The

caught Lyra’s smirk and her