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 to

anything. As usual,

like something

when they threw me onto the

body felt the impact of the hit. I curled to the

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

to my feet again, and Lyra came into

isn’t the rejected mate,” Lyra

because you lost yours.”

minute, my face was reeling

baring her claws at my face. She raised it and

down

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

kicked my legs and I

not to sob. Not to show that her actions were breaking me. “This is just a warning, she crouched to my level, pulling my

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

minions

on the floor for

cry, I was done crying for people who

face by the mirror

Slowly I stood up

missed a

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

stain of mascara and eyeliner smudged underneath and at the corners of my

cheeks are red and swollen, with scratches of dried

slowly and traced the

the bruises I had before whenever Theo was having his

clothes so that nobody would see the ugly scars on

Then the bell rang

need to still get

just want to go home and

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

tightly as though they were angry about

Maybe he had

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possibly care about anything that happened

was just a few minutes ago

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

caught Lyra’s smirk