Calliope's POV
I was woken up by the sound of my alarm. I grubble and roll over to turn it off. Last night's thoughts replayed in my mind. Me and Adrian were both marked now and finished the mating process. And man was it a night, well technically night and morning. I don't think me and Adrian went to bed till well after three this morning. Adrian definitely knew how to please a woman. I have never experienced anything like last night. He was gentle but also rough all at the same time. I would have to say that my favorite part of last night was when we attempted to cook and eat dinner. Hint word attempted. Gwen reminded me. We went to the kitchen and brought out some chicken to make some chicken alfredo, but after I had bent over to get the pan to start… Mmm he was so good. Indeed he was. It's 10 o'clock now and we had to be at Amelia's adn Ryan's by two this afternoon. I rolled back over facing Adrian's back and started tracing his back muscles till he started to stir and roll over, catching me red handed. "Good morning, beautiful. Sleep well?" he asked sarcastically. "Oh yes, I had the most wonderful dreams." I told him playfully. "Really now?" he said while having a smirk on his face. "Care to share these wonderful dreams?" he said, raising an eyebrow. I brought him closer to me, "Why tell? When can I just show you?" I said as I placed a hungry kiss on his lips. He grunted and moved me so I was on top of him. He was already hard, I placed myself perfectly on top of him, straddling him. He let out a groan out "Woman you are going to be the death of me." he stated to me.
After a great start to our morning we actually got out of bed at 12 and started to get ready. We had taken a shower together which probably was not the best idea considering we still couldn't keep our hands off of one another. Today called for a more dressy look than normally considering a decent amount of fht epack would be there and it would be the first time that i will actually be introduced to everyone as his mate. Though they already knew who I was, I still didn't have the best of greetings to everyone. I decided that for today's events that I would wear the blue dress that Adrian had bought for me on our first shopping trip together with Riley. One of the moments that he showed me that I could trust him, that he wanted to take care of me. I was sitting in my bathrobe in the bathroom putting my makeup on while my hair was still wrapped in the towel trying to get as dry as possible before I had to curl it. I was still probably going to have to take the blow dryer to eat but, the less heat exposure the better. I was in the middle of doing my eye makeup when ADrian had walked back into the bathroom. "So, what are you wearing today? Might be a good idea for the Alpha and future Luna to color coordinate."Gwen leaps with glee internally at his words 'future Luna'. I could feel the heat that rushed to my face and looked away from the mirror. "I'm wearing the blue dress that you got for me the first time that we went shopping." I told him. He hummed in response. "That dress is quite sexy on you." he said with a cuckle. "It's going to be one hell of a task to try and not rip it off of you the entire day." This time I chuckled and gave him a playful smirk. "Well maybe that can be our game for the day. See how long Mr.Alpha can last before he tears my clothes off." I said to him, he let out a laugh. "And is there a time frame to this? And if so, what do I get when I win?" I thought about it for a moment. "You have until nine o'clock tonight. If you win I'll suck your d**k and if you lose then you eat me out." I stated. He let out a low growl and his eyes went from black to his normal color. "You definitely know how to make things hard." He said playfully knowing I would get the double meaning. "Either way I'm a winner." He stated as he laid a playful kiss on my lips, he tried to deepen it but I denied him. "I need to finish getting ready and you need to start." I said to him as I patted his chest to push him away. When he walked out of the bathroom I went back to doing my makeup. I did a smokey eye playing with black and silver colors and put on a red lipstick. I did my hair in loose curls and pulled half of my hair out my face with a loosely braided crown.
I had finished putting on my black heels when Adrian had walked back in the bedroom. He was wearing black slacks and a dark blue dress shirt that matched my dress. He had the sleeves rolled up three quarters of the way. Wheeew! Can we just skip this party and have more sex? Gwen questioned. "I heard that." Adrain said. I looked at him wide eyed. I completely forgot that he could hear my/ Gwen thoughts now that we were mated. I just gave him a sheepish smile. "As much as I would love to rip you out of hte dress and fuck you hard till morning comes. We really do need to go, and I have a game to win." He said, giving me another playful grin. I stood up and walked past him, putting in a little more sway into my hips, on purpose. "Fine then. Let's go because I have a game to win." I could hear him let out a low growl. She definitely isn't going to make this easy is she? I heard ADrian wolf ask him. "No, no I am not." I said to him as I walked down the stairs. We both let out a laugh. When ADrian got down stairs he grabbed his keys and I followed him out the door to the car. He opened the door for me as I stepped in. When he got in he gave me a more serious look "Listen, I want you to know that I don't care what anyone else has to say or what they think about you. You are my mate. You are mine, now and forever." I reached over and grabbed his hand. "I know Adrian, I promise you I do." I gave him a small squeeze. "Also, there will be a lot of people there and they are going to ask you a lot of questions. Especially my parents." He said the last part in almost a whisper. "YOUR PARENTS?" I looked at him with my mouth hung wide open. "You, sir have not said one damn thing about them! I thought they were dead!" I stared at him. I am getting a little frustrated now. He didn't necessarily lie to me but he didn't tell me either. "Well i didn't want to say anything because they can be a bit much, especially my mother.'' I just let out an aggravated sigh and pinched the bridge of my nose. "Will there be any other long lost family members that I need to know about?" I asked. He let out a sigh "I know you're upset and I'm sorry. But no there is no one else it's just me and my parents." The rest of the car ride remained silent. I didn't know what to say because I understand his concern but at the same time, IT'S HIS FREAKING PARENTS. Oh my goddess, Callie, they are gonna know that you had sex with thier son! Gwen exclaimed. I sunk into my chair. "Oh my goddess.'' I said. I knew that Adrain heard what Gwen said but I don't think he knew what to say to that. Yes it is normal for us to be mated but, it's like your parents finding out that you had se for the first time. They had judgments and a hundred questions.
We had pulled up outside of Amelia's and Ryans's house. My nerves were all over the place and they just got worse with every minute we got away from the house. I really want everything to go well, for Art's sake. Today I need to make sure nothing gets out of hand, it was Adrian's birthday party after all. And that when it hits me. IT'S ADRIAN'S BIRTHDAY! I looked over at Adrian. And by the way he was shaking his head and laughing. I could tell that he just heard my thoughts again. "Its ok beautiful, you definitely wished me a happy birthday all of last night adn this morning." I just gave out a small laugh. He always was the one to look at the brighter side of things. I gave him a small smile as we both opened the car doors to head inside. Adrian came around to my side and took my hand into his. An instant wave of relief washed over me. This mate bond was something else now. I definitely feel stronger with him by my side. As soon as we get to the door it's open wide to a very smiley Riley. "Mommy! I'm so glad you're here! I can't wait to tell you all the fun things I did!" I looked down at Riley and saw that they put her in a nice dress that was in many shades of blue and black with a flower pattern all over it. It surprisingly matched me and Adrian well. I bent down and picked her up and took her in for a big embrace. "Oh, Ri angel i have missed you so much!" she giggled in my arms. "C'mon mommy! Uncle Ryan and Auntie Amelia have such a nice house. Not as nice as the one we live in but, still really nice." Me and Adrain laugh at her statement as we follow her inside the house. There were already a couple of pack members here. Riley leads us into the kitchen where Amelia, Ryan and Jonathan were. Amelia screamed out as soon as she saw us. "Callie! Oh girl it is so good to see you!" she said as she embraced me. "And i must say…'' as she sniffed around "That newly mated smell you've got going on is really working for you." she joked. We all laughed together as my face grew red in color. Amelia took me by the arm. "C'mon there are some people that are dying to meet you!" I gave Adrian a look and he just looked back at me with an expression that said sorry. I rolled my eyes and continued walking Amelia.
Me and Amelia went in their backyard and to say that this yard was swimming with people would be an understatement. I hardly recognized anyone. I saw where Logan and Tyler were, and then saw Ben. They were the only people I truly knew out of this whole place. Amelia dragged me along to where Ben was standing and I'm guessing that the woman who was with him was his mate. Ben was much older than the rest of us. All of his kids were either grown or right there at it. "Hey Ben! Scarlett! It's so wonderful to see the two of you. Now Ben I know that you have met Calliope, but Scarlett you haven't." Amelia stated to them while she waved her hand to me. I reached out my hand for Scarlett to shake. "Hi, Calliope Anderson. Former pack member of Red Moon." I said to her she gave me a warm smile. "Hi sweetie, it's so nice to put a face with the name. Adrian talks quite a bit about you." I felt the heat rush to my face. "All good things i hope" i state in a joking matter. We all gave a small laugh, before Amelia pulled me along to meet some other people that are here. I had probably met most of the people who were here.
I was in the middle of a conversation when I heard Adrian yelling at some woman. "I wasn't pushing you away! I just wanted time to spend with my mate without having to ask a hundred questions."I cautiously walked over to where Adrian was but I was careful to keep space between us. JUst enough for me to hear what he was saying to this other woman but also far away enough for him not to be able to smell me out. When I got close to him I realized that this woman he was yelling at had the same colored eyes that he had as well as hair. So I'm going to assume that he was talking to his mother. His father, I'm assuming, was standing next to her. "Alpha or not Adrian Michael you will not speak to your mother in that tone." The man became highly irritated with him. "I'm sorry Mom, I just wanted to take things as slow as I could . She doesn't exactly have the best past with her own parents." Adrian stated. His mother gave out a sigh. "I understand, son but I have my own questions. It may be a hundred but you are my son and I want to know everything about this girl." She stated, before Adrian could interrupt again she waved him off and continued. "Like for instance the whole pack is saying that she is a rogue. Is that true? And if so then how and why did that happen. And I hear that she also has a child, obviously not yours. So then who is the father and what in the world was she thinking not waiting for their mate? I want to know her. A mother worries and I just want to make sure that my only baby has the best mate." That's when Adrian was able to speak. "Yes mom she is a rogue…well she was one. And as for the rest it's not my story to tell. It's hers and I feel that when she is ready to share all that with the world then she will. I'm not going to push her and neither should yall." He was all very calm while sincerity was shining throughout his eyes. That's when I decided that it was time to come out of my hiding and join him.
I came over to Adrian 's side and reached out my hand "Hi, I'm Calliope Anderson. Adrian's mate. I'm assuming that you must be Mr. and Mrs. Mitchel?" I had asked as Adrian;s father reached out his hand. Trying to make it seem as though I hadn't been listening the entire time."Hello dear, my name is Melissa and this is Michael. Yes we are Adrian's parents." Adrian's mom said while she took my hand into hers and gave it a firm shake. I nodded my head "It's a pleasure to meet you both. I do apologize on your son's behalf for our late introductions, but I believe he had reasons." I started keeping a level head not wanting to give away that I already knew his true intentions. Adrian chimed in "I did but not because of anything the either of you two have done. I just didn't want to push too much on Calliope at one time. This was all very new for her." he states to them, sending his mother an apologetic look. His mom gives him a small smile before bringing him into a hug. "I know that hunny, but we aren't terrifying, we just want to meet the amazing women the Moon Goddess picked for." She pulled away still smiling when she looked at me. "And I must say she really knows how to pick them. You my dear are just simply gorgeous." she told me. "Thank you ma'am." I told her. "So, Calliope, what pack did you belong to before you came here?" Mr. Mitchel had asked and I felt Adrian's grip get tighter around mine and I just gave him a tight squeeze. I let out a sigh. "Well you know I don't think that my pack is around anymore. I'm pretty sure that they had an invasion of some type and fell apart after that." Not technically lying but not exactly a whole truth. Mr.Mitchell raised his eyebrows. "Meaning that the rumors were true about you being a rogue?" I nodded my head. I held no shame for the thing I became, it was all for the safety of Riley and that was the most important thing for me. "Yes sir, I did it for the safety of my daughter. I guess you would say that me and her father aren't exactly on the best of terms with things." I said, holding back the tears from the thoughts of Ethan. Adrian gently rubbed my hand with his thumb. "Ah, I see." was all his father said before silence settled between us. We all remained silent for a few minutes before I broke by clearing my throat. "I am going to use the restroom, I can't wait to carry on this wonderful conversation." I said, trying not to sound so sarcastic. I walked away from Adrian and headed back into the house to go upstairs to the restroom. When I reached the top of the stairs I saw one person that I wasn't really wanting to see ever again. Harmony.