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

As

something was draining our

smile when they

felt the impact of the hit. I curled to the floor, curling

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girls who hated my very existence. They could kill me and

to my feet

the rejected mate,”

only, because you lost yours.” I

and the next minute, my face was reeling backward

baring her claws at my face. She raised it and hit

streaked down

mine now, and you will stay far from him!”

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

mate to notice you. I’ll kill you!” she

minions

for minutes, and hours before standing

going to cry, I was done

examine my face by the

Slowly I stood up

had missed

not a mystery. It’s Lyra after all. She has the school at

noticing that my make-up was mostly gone. Some stain of mascara and eyeliner smudged underneath and at the corners of

red and swollen, with scratches of dried

lifted my shirt slowly and traced the bruise

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

my clothes so that nobody would see the ugly scars

Then the bell rang

need to

just want to go home and hide from this cruel

next class, I was nearly positive that

as though they were

with them. Maybe he

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that happened to me. I

just a few minutes ago that Eros knew

off as I slipped into the next class. The teacher barely took in my

smirk and