Red Hot Love: The Morningstar Series: Book 5
Red Hot Love – Chapter 18

I can’t believe I’m being forced to walk him to class. I don’t want to see him. Part of me is buzzing at the thought of seeing him though. I tried to ignore it, but the closer we got to his room, the harder it got to push aside.

Time seemed to slow down once we reached, what I assume, is Azai’s bedroom door. Ozzy reached his fist up, and knocked on the door. I held my breath as I waited.

The door opened so slowly. Is everything moving in slow motion?

“Good morning Ozzy, I hope you slept we-” Azai’s smile fell when his eyes fell to me. “O-Olive.” His cheeks turned pink.

Ugh, he’s blushing. It’s cute. How gross.

“Uh, g-good morning to both of you. D-Did you sleep well?” He asked us.

The moment I saw him my entire body relaxed. His presence has already calmed me. It feels like I haven’t relaxed my body since the last time I saw him. This is like breathing for the first time. I hate the instant comfort he brought me. A*****e.

I only shrugged in response. Truth is, I slept great last night. I could feel Ozzy’s happiness, and relief through our bond. It flowed into me as much as I tried to ignore it. Last night was the first night since I met Azai, that I actually slept good.

“Well, I slept great thanks for asking.” Ozzy said, and I rolled my eyes. “Did you sleep good?” He asked.

Azai nodded.

I ignored his words, and looked him up and down. Gods, he is fine as f**k. I shook my head. No, he is not.

His jeans are simple, just plain blue jeans. Azai’s bright blue shirt does make his eyes sparkle though. His black hair is in messy curls. A few locks fell over his forehead, and into his eyes. His smile is so genuine, and pure.

Why does that make me happy? Must be Ozzy’s emotion, because I couldn’t care less about Azai’s happiness.

“Are we getting to class or what?” I asked interrupting their conversation.

“Oh right. Sorry. Let me grab my back pack.” Azai said.

He came out of his room a moment later. Azai shut the door, locked it, and put his keys in his pocket. When he turned around he was holding three Starbucks cold coffee drinks. One carmel, one vanilla, and one mocha.

Mocha is my favorite. Vanilla is Ozzy’s favorite. Please don’t tell me…

“Here I got these for you guys.” Azai said as he handed us each one. “I went in search of coffee when I got up this morning. I ran into your friend Lily, and she told me your guys’ favorite.” He said with a smile.

Ozzy took both, and handed me mine.

“Thank you Azai, that was very thoughtful of you. Right Olive?” Ozzy turned to me.

“It might make me less grumpy, but I am not thanking you.” I narrowed my eyes at Azai.

Azai gave me a bright smile.

“Wouldn’t have you any other way babe.” He said.

I couldn’t help the blush that crept up my neck, and settled in my cheeks. He called me babe. And so casually. And Ozzy liked it. I felt it through the bond. It excited him.

I turned on my heel, and started to walk down the hall.

“You coming?” I called over my shoulder.

Both boys made it to my sides before I made it very far. I’m sandwhiched, again. Both of them are so damn tall too. Azai is only maybe an inch or two taller than Ozzy. I’m like a whole foot shorter than the two of them.

Why do I feel so safe smushed between the two of them? Stupid f*****g mate bond.

We made it to the elevator, and Ozzy pushed the button for us. The doors opened, and we entered. Great, the only ones in here. Of course we are.

The doors closed. I leaned against the wall, and closed my eyes. I could feel eyes on me, but I was too afraid to look and see that it wasn’t Ozzy. Still, my body heated under this gaze. The air around us became warm. Excitement that wasn’t my own coursed through me.

My eyes popped open. I looked at Ozzy to see him staring intently at Azai. Frowning, I turned my head to Azai. My breath caught in my throat. I thought that he would be staring at Ozzy, since he was staring so intently at Azai, but no.

Azai is blatantly checking me out with a heat in his eyes. His eyes are roaming over my bare legs. My mouth went dry.

Eventually Azai’s eyes made it up to my own. I thought that he would be embarrassed to be caught checking me out, but of course that wasn’t the case. Instead, he smiled at me.

“You look lovely today Olive.” He said.

I swallowed hard. “I thought Ozzy looked better.” I said rudely.

I’m not sure why I thought that bringing up another male would be off putting to Azai. Maybe if we weren’t all mated it would of. So, since we are mated, all I did was make things worse.

Azai chuckled, and looked at Ozzy.

“He does look f*****g great doesn’t he. What do you think he has on under that hoodie? Nothing?” He asked.

“God, I hope so.” I said before I could stop myself.

My face flamed as the two boys chuckled at me.

“Well, I think that Olive looks the best. Our girl always looks so good in a skirt.” Ozzy said.

“Our girl?” I asked.

“What about you baby? You wearing anything under that skirt?” Ozzy teased.

“Don’t answer that.” Azai said.

My eyes snapped to his. “Why not?” I asked.

What’s he going to say? That he won’t be able to stop himself from touching me? Well he’ll have another thing coming if he thinks he can just touch me whenever he wants.

“Because, you won’t let me touch you anyways.” Azai said with a pout.

My eyes went wide, but I recovered quickly. That was not what I was expecting him to say. I thought he’d be more… pushy and posessive.

I cleared my throat. “Well, you’re right about that.” I stated.

The doors to the elevator opened up. That was the longest ride ever. Too long. Is this going to happen every day?

Ozzy slung his arm around my shoulders. My eyes flickered down to Azai’s arm. His hand moved towards mine. For a second I really thought that he was going to grab my hand, but then his hand fell to his side. He balled it into a fist, and kept it there.

What would I have done if he did reach out for me? Let him hold my hand? Push him away?

“Bout time you guys got here.” Lily said.

She is waiting outside the classroom door. When she saw us she pushed off, and walked over to me. Lily pushed Ozzy’s arm off of me, and pulled me into the classroom.

“Lil will you chill out. It’s too early for you to be dragging me around.” I said.

“Why did you not tell me your third mate was so hot?” She gushed.

I rolled my eyes as I took my seat next to her.

“Because he’s not.” I lied.

Lily scoffed. “Oh please. I know you have weird feelings about having a third mate Olive, but you don’t have to lie. We all have eyes ya know. ” She called me out.

My eyes snapped to hers. “You think he’s so hot, then you go be with him.” I said.

I regretted the words as soon as they left my mouth. Pure rage took over at the thought of anyone being with Azai. That’s what it’s like to be a Fury though. We are extremely posessive creatures.

Stupid f*****g mate bond.

“What are you guys talking about? Whoa, you okay Olive, your eyes are red?” Azai asked.

I shook my head to clear my thoughts.

“Fine.” I gritted out.

Lily giggled, and clicked her tongue.

“Wanna sit next to me Azai?” She asked.

And just like that my rage is back.

I opened my mouth, ready to embarrass myself surely, but then Azai spoke before I could.

“Thanks Lily, but I was hoping to sit next to Olive and Ozzy.” He said politely. “I do stil owe you for the tip this morning though.” He added.

Lily turned to me with a smug look on her face.

“No problem Azai. You can buy me a candy bar at lunch as payback.” She told him, and then turned back to me. “Oh, and the seat in front of Olive is open.”

“Traitor.” I whispered to her.

Lily only shrugged at me.

Azai took the seat in front of me. Even from the back he’s sexy. I internally g*****d, and turned to look at Ozzy, who is to my left. Ozzy gave me a bright smile. He looked me up and down slowly. Then his eyes flickered to Azai and back to me. Ozzy winked at me, and I felt my face heat.

“Hey Azai, glad to see you’re healed up.” Alison greeted as she took the seat in front of Lily.

Elis took the seat in front of Azai. He turned, and glared at my mate. That didn’t sit right with me. And what the hell did Alison mean ‘healed up’.

“Maybe I should hit you again.” Elis muttered.

“You hit him? When?” I asked.

“Yesterday.” Alison offered.

“What?” I asked confused.

“Don’t worry about it Olive. I deserved it.” Azai told me.

I scoffed. “Of course you did. What did you do? Sleep with Alison?” I asked with a laugh, only, no one else laughed with me. “Oh my Gods, you guys slept together?” I asked incredulously.

Azai turned in his seat to look at me. “It was before I met you-“

“Not much before you met them.” Elis added.

My anger grew, but Azai ignored him.

“Elis beat me up when he found out. Do you want to hit me too?” He asked.

I gave him an incredulous look.

“You want me to hit you?” I asked.

“I think he just doesn’t want you to hit me.” Alison said amused.

I scoffed. “Please, I couldn’t care less who you’ve been with.” I lied.

Ozzy chuckled next to me. He can tell through the bond that I’m lying. I do want to f*****g hit Alison. How dare she f*****g have what is mine.

He’s not mine. No. Ozzy is mine. Not Azai. Nope. No way.

“Hey guys, where’s Ethan?” Josh asked.

“Who cares.” I stated.

“He’s never late.” Josh turned to argue with me.

“Maybe he fell in a whole.” Lily said with a shrug.

A few of us chuckled at her, but Josh did not look amused.

“Who’s Ethan?” Azai asked.

“Oh, you’re going to love him.” Lily said sarcastically.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” Josh asked her.

“Just that your friend has been harrassing Olive, and I think that her new mate is going to be just as pissed off as her other mate.” Lily said sweetly.

Josh rolled his eyes. “He’s all talk, just ignore him.”

I frowned.

“He harrasses you?” Azai asked me.

I looked up to meet his eyes. Azai looks pissed. There’s a deep coldness in his eyes that brought a chill up my spine. Was Ozzy right?

“It-it’s no big deal.” I stuttered. “He’s just talk.” I said.

Ozzy scoffed.

“If he’s bothering you-” Azai started, but I cut him off.

“It’s fine Azai.” I said.

Azai didn’t press me more, but that coldness didn’t leave his eyes. Honestly, it’s frightening.

How far would Azai go? Ozzy wants to kill Ethan with every fiber of his being. Would Azai really kill for me though? He is a Morningstar.

“Well, Ethan better watch his mouth is all I have to say.” Alison said. “Pissing off a Fury is one thing, but pissing off Azai…” She trailed off.

Elis scoffed. “What’s so special about Azai?” He asked.

Just then Ethan came rushing into the classroom. His eyes scanned over all of us before narrowing at Azai. He marched over the the only empty seat in front of Ozzy.

“You.” He seethed at Azai. “I was knocking on your door for like ever dude. What the f**k?” He asked.

Azai glared at him, and a tense atmosphere settled in the room.

“Olive and I picked him up.” Ozzy said.

Ethan didn’t even look at Ozzy, he just glared at Azai.

“Wait, Azai, what does make you special? Are you like a Hybrid or something?” Lily asked.

Azai held Ethan’s glare. I didn’t think he was going to answer Lily. And he did not.

Alison snorted.

“Oh no, not a Hybrid.” She said.

Oh no, she’s going to tell them all.

“Class, let me introduce you all to…. Azai Morningstar, grandson of the Devil, Tribrid, and half Anderson, if that means anything.” Alison stated dramatically.

The tension in the air only got worse. Everyone froze. I could see Ethan go rigid, and his glare fell from his face.

“You let me hit a f*****g Morningstar?” Elis asked his mate.

Alison scoffed. “I tried to stop you.”

“You.” Azai finally spoke.

He’s talking to Ethan.

Azai’s voice sounds so cold, so unlike how he usually sounds.

Ethan just blinked at him. I can’t tell if he’s afraid or not. I mean, he should be. Azai is f*****g powerful, like dumb powerful.

“You slept with a Morningstar?” Lily whispered to Alison.

“I’m a Demon, is it really that wild to think?” She asked. “Besides, Olive and Ozzy are about to.” Alison added.

Ethan’s eyes turned to Ozzy, who is also glaring. Then he turned them to me. I swallowed hard. Ethan smirked.

Oh no, he’s about to say some dumb s**t. Just when Ethan opened his mouth the teacher came in to start class.

I blew out a breath of relief. At least that is avoidable for now. I’m sure Ethan won’t keep his mouth shut for long.

Class was a blur. I could barely focus. I had put my legs up on the the sides of Azai’s seat at one point. Why did I do that? I don’t know. Now he’s been lightly running his fingers over my ankles, and I haven’t even moved away.

Ozzy keeps shooting me glances. Everytime I look at him he’s smirking at me. I would just glare at him in return. It’s just light touching, that’s all. No big deal. It’s not like it feels really good or anything, and the tingles are totally easy to ignore.

By the time lunch rolled around I was starving. We always stay in the one classroom. There is one teacher per grade to teach us everything we need to know. Our teacher announced that we would have our history test after the lunch hour.

Azai raised his hand.

“Yes Azai?” Mrs. Gold said.

“What kind of history?” He asked. “All the other subjects are pretty basic to mix between humans and the supernatural. History is different though. Is it human history or-“

Ethan scoffed. “We learn about the history of our own kind. Idiot.” He said with all the ignorance he could muster.

I wanted to throtle him. How f*****g dare he call Azai an i***t. It was a vaild f*****g question.

“Ethan.” Mrs. Gold scolded him.

“It’s alright.” Azai said. “I just wanted to be prepared.”

Mrs. Gold smiled at him. “This test is on the original separation the Fury’s had from the Fae. If you don’t feel comfortable taking it then perhaps I can replace-“

“No, it’s okay. I’ll take it.” Azai said politely.

Ethan scoffed, and rolled his eyes.

“Uhm, alright then. You guys have a great lunch.” Mrs. Gold told us.

“You guys wanna come to my place for lunch? Dad made way too much for dinner last night, and there are tons of leftovers.” Lily offered.

I looked at Ozzy. He gave me a smile, and a nod. Then I looked to Azai. He was just waiting for me to answer.

“Are you coming?” I asked him.

“I won’t if you don’t want me to.” He said.

I smiled.

“Good, don’t.” I stated before getting up, and walking out of the classroom.

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Azai was true to his word. He didn’t come with us to Lily’s. Everyone was pretty mad at me for doing that though. Hell, I was mad at myself. I didn’t even eat because of the guilt. The guilt only made me more mad though.

Is he eating? Is he sad? Of course he’s f*****g sad. Good, maybe he’ll want to leave then.

Ozzy didn’t speak to me for the rest of lunch. He’s furious with me. He even told us that he was going to stay with Azai, but Azai wouldn’t let him. It warmed my heart in the worst way. I was a totaly b***h to Azai and he still wanted to be on my side.

When we made it back to the classroom, Azai was already there. He had a candy bar for Lily, and she beamed at him. Azai also got Ozzy and I one. He told us that he wasn’t sure what we liked, yet he brought our favoirtes.

Stupid f*****g mate bond.

I was desperately trying to focus on my history test. It’s hard. History is not my best subject. I was surprised when Azai was the first one done. Ethan made a comment about how he probably guessed on the answers, but Azai ignored him.

Even though I was being a total b***h to Azai myself, I still wanted to punch Ethan in the face. f*****g prick. Thinks he’s the f*****g best thing to be placed on earth. Stupid jerk.

When we were all done with our test we finished the rest of our subjects. The last hour of the day rolled around. We were told to work on our homework while Mrs. Gold graded our tests. I was in the middle of my math homework when the teacher spoke up.

“Well, I usually don’t announce who gets the highest grade, but given the comments that we said earlier, I think I should.” She said.

“What you mean Mrs. Gold?” Lily asked.

Mrs. Gold stood up, and started handing our tests back.

“The only person to get every single answer right, was Azai.” She told us.

Everyone turned their heads to him.

Azai shrugged. “History is my favorite subject.” Was all he said.

I’m shocked to say the least. He knows our history? Is it because of us? Or did he already know?

Maybe there is much more to Azai than I originally thought.