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

couldn’t do anything. As usual, we were so

something was

wicked smile when they threw

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

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my very existence. They could

my feet again, and Lyra came into

the rejected mate,” Lyra said, grabbing

you lost yours.”

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

growled, baring her claws at my face.

down

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

legs and I fell onto the hard

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

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

minions

the floor for minutes,

I was done crying for people who didn’t

to examine my face by

Slowly I stood up

had missed

mystery. It’s Lyra after all. She has

make-up was mostly gone. Some stain of mascara and eyeliner smudged underneath and at

red and swollen, with scratches of

and traced the bruise

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

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

Then the bell rang

to

I just want to go home and

my next class, I was nearly positive that I saw

etched tightly as though they were angry

Maybe he had

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hybrids couldn’t possibly care about anything that happened to me. I was nothing

few minutes ago that Eros knew I

shrugged it off as I slipped into the next class.

caught Lyra’s smirk and her