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

anything. As usual, we

felt like something was

flashed a wicked smile when they threw me

hit. I curled to

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very existence. They could kill me and no

girls dragged me to my feet again, and Lyra came into

the rejected mate,” Lyra said, grabbing my jaw

because you lost yours.” I

minute, my face was reeling backward from

you?!” She growled, baring her claws at my face. She raised

streaked down my

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

she kicked my legs and I fell

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

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

minions

on the floor for

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

by the mirror

Slowly I stood up

knew I had missed

no one came to help me in the restroom is not a mystery. It’s Lyra after all. She has the school at

that my make-up was mostly gone. Some stain of mascara and eyeliner smudged

cheeks are red and swollen, with scratches

shirt slowly and traced the

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

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

Then the bell rang

I need to still

just want to go home and hide from this cruel

that I

etched tightly as though they were angry about

Maybe he

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the hybrids couldn’t possibly care about anything that happened to me.

minutes ago that

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

caught Lyra’s smirk