Red Hot Love: The Morningstar Series: Book 5
Red Hot Love – Chapter 4

A loud banging woke me. I g*****d and shoved my face into my pillow. Or at least I thought it was my pillow. It feels more like a pair of big t**s though. I don’t care. It’s comfortable and I am not ready to wake up.

“Azai you better get your a*s up right now! You were supposed to be at the school helping an hour ago!” Came Acaisia’s voice.

“I know you have people in there you little freak! Don’t make me go get Mom and Dad to wake you!” She threatened.

Groaning, I rolled onto my back.

“Calm your t**s. I’m up.” I called out.

“You have 20 minutes to get your a*s to the school.” She told me.

I opened my eyes and blew out a breath. Alison and Alex are still in my bed. Alex is to my left, snuggling up to me. And he thinks he’s completely straight. I’m going to laugh if he ends up with a male mate.

Alison is to my right laying on her back. Her short hair is sticking up all over the place. She’s still tied to the post of my bed. Yeah, that’s right, I took a page out of my twins book. Only, I forgot to untie her wrists last night. Not that it seems like she cares.

Alex g*****d from next to me and I looked at him. He rubbed the sleep from his eyes before looking at me. Alex smiled brightly, and I leaned down to place a passionate k**s to his lips. He kissed me back with no hesitation. Completely straight my a*s.

“Good morning.” He greeted.

“Morning. I have to go.” I told him.

Alex nodded. “I heard.” He said as he flipped the blankets off.

Alex got up and started gathering up his clothes.

“How do your parents never know when you have someone over?” He asked.

I shrugged. “I can teleport us all in and the rooms are soundproof.” I stated nonchalantly.

“Wow.” Alex said with a chuckle.

“Can I be untied now so that I can leave?”

I turned to look at Alison. She’s frowning. I looked her up and down.

“But you look so sexy like this.” I said.

Alison rolled her eyes. “You have to go, remember?”

I sighed, and undid the rope around her wrists.

“You do realize that this is regular rope and you could have gotten free at anytime?” I asked once she was released.

Alison sat up and I grabbed her wrists, rubbing them gently.

“Yeah but I slept really great. Like, I should be tied up more often.” She told me.

I laughed. “If you say so.” I said and then placed a k**s to each of her wrists.

“Why are you doing that? I heal fast ya know, and it doesn’t hurt.” She asked.

I shrugged. “Just like to take care of my partners.” I said simply.

Alex chuckled. “You like to take care of your s*x partners? That’s kind of whack. No wonder why Ben and Hope are obsessed with you.” He said.

I paused. I know that Alex didn’t mean that statement any type of way, but that didn’t stop me from feeling guilty. It was never my intention to hurt anybody.

“Well I think it’s sweet. It’s different. No one has ever cared about me after f*****g me.” Alison said.

I looked up at her. “Stop f*****g those people. Just because you’re giving each other your bodies doesn’t mean they can’t treat you decent.” I said.

Alison only shrugged at me. Then she got up and gathered her clothes. After both of them were dressed they turned back to me. I was in the middle of getting dressed myself when I noticed them looking at me.

“You guys can go. No one should be here.” I told them.

“Your nanny is here.” Alison said.

I already had on a pair of grey sweatpants. All I needed was to throw a shirt on. I grabbed one of my white tank tops and tossed it over my head. No need to get dressed up. Tia is just going to have me running around anyways.

“Come on.” I told them as I opened my arms up to them.

Alex excitedly walked into my arms. Alison rolled her eyes before tucking herself under my other arm. I kissed each of their heads.

“I just want to say, thank you both for giving me lots of o*****s last night and being fun partners.” I said.

Alex laughed.

“Just teleport us out of here already.” Alison grumbled.

In the blink of an eye we appeared in the student dorms. All the students that attend here, and are old enough for Mate Week get to stay in their normal rooms. Honestly, I’m not sure which room belongs to either of them, so I left them in the hallway.

“Hey you.”

I turned to see Melia walking towards me.

“Hey pretty lady.” I replied.

“Your sister has been looking for you.” She told me.

“I know. I gotta go. See you later?” I asked.

Melia nodded and I took off.

I rushed down the school to the main entrance. People were shuffling around everywhere trying to prepare for the people about to show up. I jumped in where I could and began helping.

Honestly, I was just trying to avoid Tia. I ended up helping getting the rooms ready.

There were only a few rooms left to prepare for. I guess that we had some last minute guests. Some of the girls helping were gossiping about how a group of Fury’s decided to come last minute. I didn’t even know that Tia knew any Fury’s.

Fury’s usually keep to themselves. They are a firey and hot tempered bunch. Most of their power revolves around fire. I’m not sure if they can use other elements or not. I have heard that one look from them could melt any creature on the spot though. From what I had heard, they didn’t like other species all that much.

Being the history buff I am, I know all about how the Fury’s broke off from the rest of the Fae world. They still reside in the Fae realm, still follow the rules and the Queen. But a long time ago they branched off from the Light and Dark Fae. They didn’t agree with being separated from the rest of the Fury’s.

So, they made their own civilization. Keeping to themselves. I haven’t heard much about them other than that though. They must be pretty decent creatures if they’ve managed to keep to themselves the way they had though. I’ve never heard of any kind of altercation with anyone before.

Not even Grandpa, and he has beef with everybody. I couldn’t help but wonder why the Fury’s would come here for Mate Week though.

“Azai!”

I nearly jumped out of my skin. I had just come out of the last room. All new rooms have been cleaned, and have fresh sheets and towels. I had successfully avoided Tia for the last two hours. Guess that was over.

I turned around to face my older sister. Tia has her arms crossed over her chest. She has on her normal attire, a black anime T-shirt, jean shorts, and white vans.

“Oh, uh, h-hey Tia. I, uh, was looking for you but I couldn’t replace you so I just-“

“Shut up.” She interrupted me. “You were late.” She stated.

“Yeah, I, uhm, forgot to set an alarm.” I told her.

It wasn’t a total lie. I really did forget. Mostly because I was drunk, and much more concerned about getting my d**k wet than waking up the next day.

Tia rolled her eyes at me. “That’s a bullshit excuse.” She stated. “As punishment, I’m going to work you all day.” She said.

“But… I wanted to greet everybody as they came in.” I argued.

“Don’t care.” Tia stated.

“But… but.. what if my mate comes here?” I asked.

Tia shrugged. “Should have thought about that last night, when you forgot to set your alarm.” She told me.

I sighed in defeat. “What do you want me to do?”

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Four hours later and I was only half way done with Tia’s stupid list of s**t. She made me clean the ballroom top to bottom, and I do mean that. Then she wanted me to add little chocolates to all the pillows.

Like we are some kind of f*****g hotel or something. And, we didn’t even have chocolates to do that with. I had to run up town to get them.

Tia made me set up for the barbeque picnic tomorrow. I had to set up all the grills, tables, and lights by myself. I thought this s**t was supposed to have been done by now. It’s like Tia knew that I was going to f**k up and be late.

When I thought that I was done, Tia had me go to the kitchen and help make snacks. On day one of Mate Week, everyone arrives, lounges around, gets comfortable, all that fun stuff. We provide food and snacks in the cafeteria area. That way people can start to mingle if they want. Or they are more than welcome to take food back to their rooms.

After helping with the food I begged Tia to let me be done. She wouldn’t. Tia sent me to the other houses on the property to ask the supernaturals residing there if they needed anything and to invite them to the school for food. I was disappointed that not one of the houses I stopped at had my mate.

We have large houses all around the property. Most of the time they house the BOC members. With how much Mate Week has grown, we had to use all the space we could get to house people. Some even camped out in tents.

By the time I was done running around for my older sister, all the people had already arrived. They must of anyways. It’s dark out now. There are many different creatures litered all over the property mingling.

“Finally finished?” Tia asked as I made my way to her.

I nodded. “Yeah.”

“Okay, you can go. Make sure you eat.” She told me.

“Thanks Tia.” I beamed at her before running off.

I didn’t stop until I made it to the kitchen. Belle is in there with a few other people. She’s giving out orders and making the cooks work twice as hard. And by cooks, I mean the few BOC members that she forced to help her.

“Hey Belle, got anything I could snatch from ya? Aside from one of your breathtaking smiles.” I asked with a wink.

Belle is my favorite person to flirt with. She never falls for any of my tricks. Not my cheesey pickup lines, or my smooth ones, not even my smolder. And I have a great smolder.

“Why don’t you go where the rest of the food is Azai?” Belle asked amused.

“But then I wouldn’t get to see you.” I pouted. Belle giggled. “Ahh, there’s that stunning smile of yours.” I said.

Belle rolled her eyes. “Want a chicken sandwhich?” She asked.

I nodded enthusastically. “Desperately.” I said.

Belle made us each a chicken sandwhich. She barked out a few more orders to the others before having me follow her out the backway. We walked to the back porch and took a seat at the far end. No one was over here but we could see them all mingling.

After a few minutes of eating silently Belle broke it.

“So, you haven’t met your mate yet?” She asked.

I shook my head. “Tia had me running around all day so I didn’t get to see everyone come in, but I haven’t gotten a whiff of them or anything.” I told her.

“Awhh, I’m sorry. Don’t worry though. You have all week to look. There are a lot of people who come to this now. It might take a few days to even scent her.” Belle told me.

I nodded as my eyes scanned the people. “Yeah I guess.”

I never stopped looking though. Never. Turning into a manwhore hasn’t changed how badly I want my mate. This is the week I look forward to every year. Where my chances of meeting my mate are higher. And because my family has been in charge of this little get together, I have attended every year.

You’d think I would have met my mate by now. Granted, there aren’t very many creatures under 16 that attend Mate Week.

“Plus, not everyone is here yet.” Belle said knocking me from my thoughts.

I turned my head to her. “They aren’t?” I asked.

Belle shook her head. “Nope. Still waiting on the Fury’s.” She told me.

“How did Tia even come to know any Fury’s?” I asked.

Belle shrugged. “Mission things.” She said vaguely.

I rolled my eyes. “Okay.” Was all I said.

“Maybe you can greet them when they come.” Belle suggested.

Although, I was feeling a bit hopeless. Would a Fury really be my mate?

“I thought that Fury’s stayed to themselves mostly? They don’t like to even interact with other species. Why would they come here for Mate Week?” I asked.

Belle shrugged.

“Tia invited them out of courtesy. They said that they weren’t going to come at first, but then changed their minds. I don’t think their whole…… coven?” She asked and I shrugged. “Well, I don’t think they are all coming. If I had to guess, either some of them are becoming more open, or some are desperate to meet their mate.” She said.

“Huh.” I said. “Kind of rude isn’t it?” I asked.

“What you mean?” Belle asked.

I shrugged.

“Why does it make it so desperate for them to attend a week long event that revolves around helping the supernaturals meet their mates?” I asked.

“I mean, I know I’m desperate to meet mine, but that’s different.” I said with a laugh. When Belle didn’t answer I turned to look at her. She’s staring straight ahead with clouded golden eyes.

“Uh, Belle? You okay?” I asked.

Belle nodded. “Yeah, uh..” She trailed off and got to her feet.

I got up as well as I started to worry about her.

“Do you feel that?” She asked me.

“Uhhhhhh, feel what?” I asked.

Belle started looking around.

“That pull.” She said.

“Pull?” I asked. Then it hit me. “Pull? You feel a pull?” I asked.

Belle nodded, but still looked confused.

“Yeah, like something is trying to pull me somewhere.” She mumbled.

Excitement coursed through me. I grabbed Belle’s shoulders and began shaking her. I’m jumping up and down like a child.

“Follow it.” I said.

“Follow it?” Belle asked.

I nodded. “Let it pull you.”

“But what if it’s something bad?” She asked.

I gave her a blank look.

“Yeah because it can be so easy to take you out.” I said sarcastically. “I’ll go with you though.” I added.

Belle nodded and began walking off towards the front of the school. I followed behind her looking at every person we passed. Belle didn’t pay any of them attention. I followed her to the front of the school. Belle stopped abruptly and I bumped into her.

“s**t, sorry Belle.” I mumbled.

Belle didn’t reply to me. She was too busy staring straight ahead of her. I followed her line of sight to see a small group of supernaturals talking with Tia. She’s telling them how happy she is that the Bounty Hunters could make it.

Bounty Hunters? I thought they hated us.

I looked down at Belle. She’s still staring straight ahead. There are five guys and three girls in total. I wonder which one is hers.

Giving Belle a bit of a push she stumbled forward. The action got the attention of the group ahead of us. Tia turned her head and raised a brow at me.

“Ah, sorry Belle, I’m just so clumsy.” I said loudly.

Every member of the group turned their heads back to my sister, except for one. A man with short black hair and hazel eyes. He’s tall, but not as tall as me, and very hot. His eyes locked onto Belle’s and both of them were frozen. I love seeing mates when they first replace each other.

“Let me show you guys where you’ll be staying. It’s a small house we saved just for you guys.” Tia told them.

“Uh, Tia.” I called getting her attention. “Actually I need your help with something. Maybe Belle can take them?” I suggested.

Belle didn’t move so I gave her another push. She shook herself off, and cleared her throat. Oh gosh how cute.

“Uh, yeah I don’t mind.” She said.

Tia raised a brow at us. “You sure Belle?” She asked.

“Belle.” The man whispered her name.

A shiver ran through Belle’s body. I tried not to laugh. And then Belle nodded.

“Right this way.” She said.

Tia walked over to me as we watched them walk off.

“So, what do you need me for?” She asked.

I turned a flat look at her. “Are you that dense?” I asked.

Tia blinked at me. “You said you needed me.” She stated.

I rolled my eyes. “Yeah, because your best friend just met her mate.” I said.

Tia’s eyes snapped in the direction that Belle had just walked off in.

“She did?” Tia asked.

I nodded. “He’s a hotty too. Good for Belle.” I said.

Tia rolled her eyes. “Go away. I still have to wait for the Fury’s to get here.” She ordered.

“I could wait with you.” I offered.

Just then we heard a few shouts. I winced. This happens every year. Alpha’s get too drunk and their egos get in the way. It’s our job to deflate situations.

“Can you take care of that? You’re better with people anyways.” Tia asked, though it sounded more like an order.

I nodded and walked off towards the fight. It was actually between an Alpha and a Dark Fae. It took me over an hour to get them calmed down and happy. Now they’re dancing around, a bottle in each hand, and super wasted. I hope they both have hangovers in the morning.

By the time I made it back to the front of the school no one was there. The Fury’s must have shown up already. Damn. I was so close. Not that I think one of them would be my mate. I mean, I could always hope, but I doubted it.

I decided to trudge my way home. Maybe tomorrow will be better. Belle was right. I have all week to replace my mate and there are a lot of people here.

All I have to do is keep hoping.