Finding Myself

Chapter 6

"I love your place and the land around the back is a bonus. It's very peaceful here. I can see us coming back here year after year for our vocation. How many acres do you have?"

"About thirty," answers Derek.

"I bought the land around your house couple months ago. So technically you have several hundred acres."

"You planned all this didn't you Stiles?"

"Yes, I did Derek and this house needs to be bigger. The fact it is not near town is a bonus."

"Why me?" Ask Derek. "Why choose me to marry and give a job to."

"I have already answered your questions, Derek."

"Do you fancy me like at all Stiles?"

"I like you very much Derek I wouldn't have married you if I didn't."

"I like you too. Now what?"

"We go to bed and you and I will figure the rest out tomorrow morning."

The next day over a plate of leftovers at the kitchen table. Derek looks at his fancy new coffee machine. "You know I was fine with instant coffee. I didn't need a fancy machine."

"It's for me I like a latte in the morning. There's plenty of your instant coffee in the cupboard."

"Thank you for that and how did you manage to make all these changes in twenty-four hours?"

Stiles laughs, "My people started making changes to this house when you went to the bar."

"There was no way you knew for sure this would work out."

"I did know, my people were watching you in the bar to make sure you didn't leave."

"That's impossible," exclaims Derek.

"Eat up and I will tell you who I'm."

After breakfast they go for a walk, "Derek holds her hand and stops walking. "Now tell me the truth."

"I'm known professionally as the woman. That title will become very familiar to you in the future. No one and I mean no one can know that's what I'm called. If someone tells you they know I'm the woman, they're lying to you. Not even the people that work for me knows what I look like. Only my family knows the truth."

"If your family knows the truth why mine can't know the secret as well?"

"They can't. As I was saying I'm known professionally as the woman. Your distinction is the governor. Over a hundred and twenty years ago five families united to help Great Britain win the war. Those five families each had a specific role. My family's role was discipline we still hold that position today."

"England hasn't been at war for years, "counters Derek.

"Not a physical war but there's terrorism, drug wars, trafficking and all sort of other shady dealings. My departments job is to put a stop to it. Unfortunately, while we do our uttermost to stop it. There's always someone else to take the place of someone we capture."

"That's awful being a cop you see death, domestic violence, child abuse and all sorts."

"I know, those issues crop up for me as well. My grandfather Liam belongs to the Grant family. They are the rulers of Great Britain."

"You guys have a prime minster over there."

"Derek I was never allowed to visit granddad at work because it would expose our relationship. I saw a video of him telling the prime minster to kneel in from of him. Just because he decided to do his own thing."