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,

something was draining

a wicked smile when they threw me

the hit. I curled to

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who hated my very existence.

dragged me to my feet again, and Lyra

mate,”

you lost

blazed in anger, and the next minute, my face

my

streaked down my

and you will stay far from him!”

she kicked my legs and I fell onto the hard floor

I tried not to sob. Not to show that

my mate to notice you. I’ll

minions

for minutes, and

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

examine my face by the mirror above

Slowly I stood up

missed a class

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

was mostly gone. Some stain of mascara and eyeliner smudged underneath

swollen, with

lifted my shirt slowly and traced the bruise from

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

that nobody would see the ugly

Then the bell rang

to still

go home and hide from

next class, I was nearly positive that I saw all

as though they were angry about

wasn’t with them. Maybe he

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care about anything that happened to me. I

few minutes ago that

as I slipped into the next class. The teacher barely

smirk and her minions