Author Note: This story takes place after the events in The Wolf, The Owl, And The Cheshire.

Somewhere Over The Ural Mountains:
An unmarked government-owned plane explodes over the Ural Mountain range. All that can be seen is a huge fireball and a bunch of debris as it falls from the sky.

“It’s done, boss. Johnathan Bounty is dead.” Another plane following the first plane recorded the destruction of the first plane.

“Make sure, he has a nasty knack for surviving and escaping from life-threatening situations.” Sergei Solonik has tried over a hundred times to kill Johnathan Bounty and each time the bastard managed to either kill the attackers or survive the attack.

He wanted to make sure this was one Bounty who never returned from the dead. The information Johnathan Bounty has managed to collect about his organization and secret accounts for the British Secret Service has hurt him dearly. It has weakened him drastically and made him the laughingstock in the underworld.

“Boss, there is no sign of Johnathan Bounty surviving that explosion.” Vladimir and the other pilot with him have circled the area making sure Johnathan Bounty hadn’t survived that explosion.

They knew if he had, they would have to go after him and that was one thing neither one of them wanted to do. Nor was the punishment they knew their boss would inflict on them for felling again. Vladimir looks down at his right hand where several fingers had been chopped off.

Unknown to Vladimir Mikhailov, someone had survived the explosion and was waiting for them to leave. The cloaked figure remained hidden and waited as the high winds blew against the shelter covering the figure. The hidden figure was wounded, but alive. They planned on moving when night fell and made their way to safety.

Vladimir and his copilot continue to double and triple-check that Johnathan Bounty is dead, before being forced to leave the area due to low fuel. Vladimir hoped that Johnathan Bounty was gone or it was going to be his and his copilot that would pay the price for failure. This was one time he couldn’t afford to fail.

Once the other plane leaves darkness falls. The hidden figure comes out from hiding and begins the long tedious task of climbing down the mountain range and making their way to the Arctic Ocean. Once there, they will be picked up by a trusted confidant and taken to Sweden for surgery.

Meanwhile back at British Secret Service headquarters, intercepted messages from Vladimir Mikhailov and Sergei Solonik are brought to the attention of Sir John Cumming. The communication was about Johnathan Bounty and how he was reportedly killed over the Ural Mountain range.
The exact location wasn’t mentioned, but from all accounts from several radar units in the area and from satellite imaging. He watched as the plane exploded and disintegrated.

The tracker onboard the plane shows it to be too high up in the mountain range to attempt any type of retrieval. Thermals of the area didn’t show any heat signature that would show anyone still alive. He would have to wait and see if Johnathan Bounty survived the explosion. Until then, he knew Johnathan Bounty’s next of kin would have to be notified.

Baroness Charlotte Basset’s Place:
Charlotte was having her morning breakfast when Zoey came walking into the kitchen nook. Zoey had her drawing pad in her hands.

“Watch you got to show me, kiddo?” Charlotte knew Zoey had no control over her gifts and how sometimes they overwhelmed her.

Zoey hugs her mother first, before showing her the picture she drew early this morning. It showed an airplane exploding and debris falling from the sky. There was an image of a wolf falling from the debris and hitting the mountainside.

Charlotte looked at the picture and knew the image of the wolf represented her family clan. The mountain range she wasn’t sure of, but she got the message of the plane exploding. Someone in their family was involved in an exploding plane.

Charlotte looks at Zoey to make sure this drawing is right. “Are you sure about this, sweetie?”

Zoey nods her head yes, as she rests her head against her mother’s shoulder. Ever since that evil woman who her uncle was forced to fight messed with her mind and nearly caused her to hurt her older sister. She has been regretting having her gift. The only way she could get rid of it was to either be kept on medication that made her mind too fuzzy to function or to operate and cut that section of her mind out where her gift was located.

If that happened, it would lobotomize her. She would lose her artistic talents and be unable to function properly. It was worse than death in her opinion. She knew her mother would never allow anything like that to happen.

Charlotte picks her cell phone up and calls operations to see if any of her family members have been killed. She knew several of her family members were agents inside MI 5 and MI 6. She was lucky that she was a director of a section inside of MI 5 or she wouldn’t be able to find out.

While Charlotte was waiting for someone to answer, she looked towards Zoey “Go ahead and fix yourself some breakfast, sweetie.” Charlotte places a kiss on Zoey’s cheek.

Zoey hugs her mother again and fixes herself a bowl of cereal. Her mother had her favorite kind of cereal shipped in from the United States since they couldn’t buy it in England. She knew the wolf meant someone in their family or extended family had died.

British Secret Service Cyber-Division:
Mouse had been informed about her cousin Johnathan Bounty being killed by the Russian mobster known as Sergei “The Butcher” Solonik. The following day, after she had been informed about his death. She received an encrypted text asking her if everything had been arranged. She knew whom the text was from and what they were asking. She texted them back with just one word “Yes!”

After the text was sent, Mouse activated a special program that she wrote to establish the identity she created for the person who texted her. All government computers, banking systems, credit card companies, and motor vehicles would have the new identity added to their system. The information would go back thirty years for the person.

Once that was done, she received the okay to update her cousin's file as being killed in action. She makes up some sort of BS excuse for the records, because the true reason he was killed, she couldn’t put into his file. Only the director her cousin worked under and the director of MI 6 would know the true reason. The higher-ups knew they couldn’t hide anything from her. It was the one reason they kept her around in the cyber division. She could access any computer system in any country without being discovered. Plus, with her knowledge of computer systems, she was too valuable to let her leave.

Two Weeks Later in Sweden:
A mysterious figure enters Torne Valley Hospital and is taken to a private room. A few days later the person is prepared for surgery and is taken to a private operating room to be operated on by a private doctor and her staff. For the next eight hours, Doctor Johanna Johanson and her staff perform surgery on the mysterious person. Everything from facial reconstructive surgery to gender reassignment surgery is being performed all at once.

The true identity of the person is being kept secret even from the doctor. Everything about the person is so secretive, that everyone that has contact with the person, has undergone a background check so intense that it felt like a rectal inspection.

After the surgery and spending two weeks recovering. The person is kept bandaged up and transported to an undisclosed location by helicopter and transferred to another helicopter to a historical château in Occitanie, France. There the person is tended to by several trusted private nurses and a trusted doctor from the Blake Medical Foundation.

While the person is recovering from all the operations. They ponder what they are going to do next. They know the recovery time isn’t going to be fast and they will need to find something new to do since their old life is behind them.

Historical Château in Occitanie, France:
Lucia knocks on the door of her uncle’s hospital room door before entering. She had a medical pad in her hand. She has to get used to her uncle, being her aunt now. Not that her aunt will carry the Bounty last name anymore.

She enters quietly and carefully, so as not to settle her new aunt. As she enters the room, she spots her aunt still asleep. She walks over to the bed and checks the machines her aunt was hooked up to. She couldn’t believe all the surgeries her aunt underwent to change her identity.

Lucia takes a clip-on blood monitor device out of her pocket and clips it on her aunt’s finger. She gives it a few minutes to monitor her aunt’s blood pressure and pulse. She wonders why her aunt wants to change her identity. No one else, except a chosen few in the family knew about her uncle becoming someone else.

Once she was done getting the baseline stats. Lucia double-checks the connections to her aunt. She knew it would be a few days before her aunt would wake up and after several months of recovering from everything. Once Lucia is done checking on her aunt, she moves on to check on her other patients on the same floor as her aunt.

Throughout the day, she changes out her aunt’s IV bags and makes sure everything is okay for her aunt. By the time her shift ended, she was tired. When she turns her floor over to her replacement, she heads down to the cafeteria to grab something to eat.

After eating, Lucia heads towards her quarters to send a report to her uncle Lucius about her aunt. Only a handful of her relatives knew about what her aunt was doing. A funeral was being planned for her aunt’s former identity. As far as the rest of the family knew, Johnathan Bounty had died in an explosion over the Ural Mountains.

Her uncle Lucius was going to make sure that certain members of their family didn’t take revenge on the person for killing Johnathan. It had to go this way, for a reason. Once Lucia was done sending the report to her uncle. She gets undressed and enjoys a nice relaxing soak and several glasses of wine.

Mid-Week:
When Lucia goes in to check on her aunt, she notices her aunt slowly waking up. She stands close to the bed and just watches her aunt. She knew she had to be careful because her aunt was a dangerous person and she didn’t want to startle her.

Johnathan slowly woke up and felt himself covered from head to toe in bandages. As his eyes slowly focus, he spots his niece Lucia standing near the bed he is lying on.

“How did things go?” Johnathan was still feeling the effects of the drugs he was given for the pain.

“Fine, let me get you a glass of cold water, uncle.” Lucia walks out of the bedroom.

While Lucia is gone, Johnathan takes stock of his surroundings. He knew his body was covered and that he had a strange weight on his chest.
He also felt that his insides had been rearranged as well. He knew his body pretty well and guessed that everything that had been planned was done.

A few minutes later, he spots his niece walking back into his room with a pitcher and a cup of ice. Lucia moves a small table over to the bed and sets the pitcher and cup on it. She pours some water into the cup.

Lucia pulls a straw out of her pocket and takes the cover off. She holds the cup and straw close to her aunt’s mouth “Take a slow sip.”

Johnathan does as he is ordered to do. The water felt nice going down his dry throat. He takes several more sips, emptying the plastic cup.

Lucia sets the empty cup on the table and looks down at her new aunt. Even her uncle’s eyes had been changed. The only thing still resembling her uncle was what was inside his head.

“The doctor taking care of you won’t be on duty until later. Is there anything I can do for you?” Lucia hopes everything is alright with her new aunt.

“Yes, is everything going to plan?” Johnathan wanted to make sure everything he, his uncle Lucius, and his aunt Amalia planned out was going to plan.

“Everything is proceeding to plan. You have been declared dead and a new identity has been created for you and established. Mouse made sure of that. All paper records of your existence have been taken care of by MI 6. If anyone digs into your past, we will be alerted. As for family records, the council has placed you in the Shadow book. Only certain clan elders have access to that book.”

“And the operation of the artificial organs?” Johnathan knew a complete biology had to be created using his cells.

“As far as your records about that are concerned, everything went fine. You had no rejections; your body accepted all the new female organs.” Lucia didn’t understand everything that had been done to her aunt but knew everything was experimental.

Johnathan closes his eyes and sighs. He wishes he hadn’t done everything that was done to him, but he had no choice. He was getting tired of looking over his shoulder all the time. He has barely escaped the death traps set for him.

“So, what am I to call you from now on?” Lucia looks down at her aunt.

“Aemilia Scipio. I’m your aunt, but not by marriage.” Johnathan and his aunt Amalia have already worked out a believable background.

“Okay, you’re going to have to explain that.” Lucia pulls a chair over and sits down on it.

“Easy, I was adopted by our aunt Rhea in Rome. Most people who know our Aunt Rhea don’t know how many children she has taken under her wing. There’s no way to verify my identity.”

“I can see that. No one knows except Uncle Remus and Aunt Rhea herself how many children she has taken under her wing. Does she know you are one of hers?”

“Yes, she knows. So, if someone decides to do a background search on me. There will be some truth to the cover.”

“This is going to take some time for me to call you Aunt Aemilia.” Lucia knew she needed to think of her uncle as her aunt now.

“You have time. I planned on staying here for a while to get used to my new body and relearn certain skills. I have to change how I fight, speak, move, and everything else that could give me away.”

“That’s a lot of relearning.” Lucia wonders why her former uncle was putting himself through all of this.

“True, but I’ve never backed down from any challenge before.”

“Well, I’ll be here to help you. Also, Doctor Stacy Wolfhart is rather good too. So, you’ll be under very good care.” Lucia has worked with Doctor Wolfhart several times.

“What can you tell me about her?” Aemilia wanted to know more about her doctor.

“She’s in her late twenties, is married to a navy pilot, and has two young girls. One of her daughters is adopted and has been abused by her stepmother. The stepmother allowed the girl to be attacked by a rabid dog and the dog disfigured her face. The poor girl had to be given treatments to fight off the effects of rabies as well.”

“Anything else?” Aemilia wanted to know more about the doctor.

“She comes from a rich family and has twelve other brothers and sisters. Her twin sister is an engineer and holds several PhD’s. As for Doctor Wolfhart herself, she is extremely smart and talented. She cares a lot about the health of her patients and wants the best for them. She never gives up on her patients. She’s someone I trust and would want to operate on me.” Lucia trusted Doctor Wolfhart with her life.

“Well, if you trust her, I guess I can. When will she be here?” Aemilia was feeling tired.

“In one more hour. I got to go and finish my rounds. I’ll let her know you’re awake.” Lucia stands and puts the chair back where it had been.

“Alright, I’ll try and get a nap in.” Aemilia closes her eyes.

A smirk appears on Lucia’s face as she leaves her aunt’s room and starts her rounds.

Doctor Wolfhart looks at all the surgeries her grandmother’s specialized hospital did to Mr. Johnthan Bounty. According to the records, he has had gender reassignment surgery done, his hip joint and pelvis area redone, so if an x-ray is taken he would show up as a gentic woman. His prostate was removed and specialized cloned female reproductive organs were created from stem cells from his body, so that there would be no rejections.

She knew that part came from her aunt. She had all the medical equipment and scientific equipment to clone organs. She knew her aunt could permanently change Mr. Bounty’s eye coloration from blue to violet.

She continue to read the medical file and couldn’t believe all the surgery Mr. Bounty underwent. She wonders why he did so much to his body? Also, why did her mother and the board agreed to do this to Mr. Bounty? It would take some serious convincing to approve all of the surgeries done.

Dr. Wolfhart knew she didn’t have access to anything else about Mr. Bounty. She looks at the new name given to Mr. Bounty and notices, his new name was Aemilia Scipio from Rome, Italy. She hopes Mrs. Scipio can speak fluent Italian or she’ll have to teach her the language and culture of the area. It was a good thing she spent three years in Naples.

Dr. Wolfhart grabs her doctors coat and put it on. She grabs her new Digital Stethoscope she just recently received from her family’s medical distributor. She loved how it made it easier to hear a persons breathing and taking their pulse. She adjust her glasses and walk out of her office.

Johnathan Bounty/ Aemilia Scipio Hospital room:
Aemilia was sitting up in bed and reading the local newspaper on her new tablet that her niece Lucia brought her. She was glad to have something to do to take her mind off all the surgeries she had done to herself. Her doctor had visited her while she had been asleep. The pain medicine she has been on has caused her to sleep a lot. She hasn’t had a chance to talk with her doctor.

Aemilia hears a knock on her hospital room door.

“Enter.” Aemilia looks at the door, as she puts the tablet down.

Dr. Wolfhart walks into the room and notices that Aemilia Scipio was awake and it looked like she was reading a tablet. A smile appears on her youthful face as she walks over to the bed “it’s good seeing you awake, instead of sleeping, Ms. Scipio.”

Aemilia looks at the blonde hair doctor. Her niece said Dr. Wolfhart was young, but she hadn’t said that Dr. Wolfhart looked beautiful. She noticed the gold rim glasses Dr. Wolfhart was wearing and the engagement and wedding ring on her ring finger. The rings looked custom made and had a nice diamond.

“Same here, doctor. My niece has told me a lot of nice things about you.”

“I hope it was all nice.” Doctor Wolfhart knew Ms. Scipio was related to Lucia, but couldn’t get any information from Lucia about their relationship. Now, she knows Lucia is the niece of Ms. Scipio.

“So, what is on the agenda for today, doc?” Aemilia was curious as what she has to do now.

“Well, for one thing, were going to take you to an examination room and check to see how everything is healing. After that, we’re going to rebuild your mobility up again. As you know, you had surgery in your pelvic area to make it easier for you to pass as a woman. You’re going to have to get uses to walking like a woman and familiar to how your new hips are situated.”

“This should be fun.” Aemilia wasn’t looking forward for all the retraining she has to do.

“Its all part of the recovery, Ms. Scipio. I’ll have April come in with a wheel chair and take you down to the examination room.”

“If you don’t mind me asking, where’s my niece today?” Aemilia wonders why Lucia wasn’t working.

“We’re not slave drivers Ms. Scipio. Today is Lucia’s day off. She’s a hard worker and deserves time off to relax.”

“Oh, okay. I was just wondering.” Aemilia felt foolish.

“It’s okay, Ms. Aemilia. She’s endeared herself to all of the staff here at the Château. She’s a special young woman.” Dr. Wolfhart turns and walks out of the hospital room.

A few minutes later, a young woman with copper color short hair enters the room pushing a old style wheel chair. She was wearing a uniquely styled nurses outfit.

“Ms. Aemilia, chariot awaits.” A beautiful smile appears on the young woman’s youthful face.

“I hope you’ll be helping me.” Aemilia didn’t think she could get her legs to cooperate with her.

“Of course, Ms. Aemilia.” April walks over to the side of the bed and helps Aemilia move from the bed to the chair.

Aemilia couldn’t believe how much energy and effort it was taking her to move. She felt some pain, but it took a lot of her energy to move.
April noticed how slowly Ms. Aemilia was moving and helped her. She didn’t know everything about this patient, because she normally handled the floor above this one.

“You’ll feel better once Doctor Wolfhart examines you and puts you through some simple exercises.” April pulls the chair back and slowly exit the room with Ms. Aemilia.

“You got to be kidding me, April. I’m as weak as a new born kitten.” Aemilia watches as April takes her to an elevator capable of putting a whole hospital bed in it.

“Ms. Wolfhart will give you a shot that will help your energy levels.” April has taken a few pills of the same stuff when she was feeling down.

Aemilia wonders what April was talking about. She doesn’t know if she should be worried. She feels the elevator stop at a subbasement floor and the doors open up. April pushes her towards another set of doors, while waving to other nurses and hospital staff.

“Here we are, Ms. Aemilia.” April places the back of her hand against a black square and the doors open.

Aemilia has heard about implanted rf chips, but has never encountered them. When she looks around the room, it looked like something out of the Next Generation of Star Trek.

“What is this place?” Aemilia looks around and couldn’t believe allt he high tech equipment.

“This is medical bay four. Now, we need to get you on the medical bed so it can scan you and show us your insides.” April wheels Aemilia over towards the medical bed and help her onto it.

“Where did you guys get such advance medical technology from?” Aemilia has never seen such medical equipment before.

“I’ll let Dr. Wolfhart explain everything. I’ll be back to take you to do some simple physical exercises.

April turns and walks out of the room. She waves as she leaves. There was mischief smile on her face.

A few minutes later, Dr. Wolfhart walks in and smiles at her ‘I hope you like our medical bay.”

“I did, it looks like something out of Star Trek The Next Generation. How did you guys get such advance medical equipment?”

“Where we got it, is from my Aunt at Blake Medical. As where the technology is from, some of it was developed by my aunt and some of it is from evil doctors and sciencist that developed it, but used it for evil purposes. Afte studying it and testing it. My aunt decided she could use it to help people.”

“How come every hospital don’t have this type of equipment?” Aemilia was curios.

“Cost and people would freak out about what it can do. Right now only a few major hospitals in the US have the old style medical beds my aunt developed. This is a fourth generation medical bed. Its capable of doing all sorts of things. Now, lets take a look inside of you.” She presses a few buttons.

The two panels from the sides of the bed slides up to form a dome over Aemilia. A bright yellow beam scans Aemilia’s abdormen. She feels a tickling sensation as the beam touches her skin.

Dr. Wolfhart watches a holographic picture appear above the dome and look at every organ inside Aemiliai’s body. Even Aemilia was surprised by the hologram. She couldn’t see it very well, but caught glimpses of it.

After Dr. Wolfhart finishes her examination and making notes on her pad, with the captured imaged as well. She does a full physical including a pelvic exam. She knew most women hated doing this thing, but it had to be done.

“How does it look doc?” Aemilia was curious at what her groin area looked like.

“Do you want to see?” Dr. Wolfhart looks up and at Aemilia.

“Sure.” Aemilia always wonder what it would be liked to have a vagina.

Dr. Wolfhart takes a detail picture on her tablet and shows Aemilia. The picture looked nasty because of the stitches, brusing, and everything else that was done to her.

“God, it looks nasty.” Aemilia couldn’t believe how bad it looked.

“Give it time, Aemilia. You’re still healing. It will look better once everything is healed. Now, I’m going to give you a vitamin shot that should bring your energy levels up and help get the rest of the drugs in your system out.” Dr. Wolfhart gives Aemilia a shot she ahd already prepared in advance.

Aemilia hated needles, but in this case, she didn’t feel the needle go into her arm. She looks at Dr. Wolfhart“that was painless.”

“Thanks, I try my best. Now, lets get you to exercise some.” Dr. Wolfhart helps Aemilia back into her wheelchair.

A few seconds later, April enters the room and pushes her out towards the exercise room.

“Easy, auntie, take one step at a time.” Lucia watches as her aunt walks between the bars.

Aemilia was being careful as she put one foot in front of the other. She was learning how to rewalk after having her pelvic area rebuilt to be like a woman’s. She never knew how hard it was going to be when she decided to become a woman.

On top of relearning how to walk, she had to learn how to track her period and take care of new vagina. She never knew that there was so much a woman learned when they grew up or had to be careful about. She never had any children, and most of the female relatives she had never spoken about things like this.

The good thing that resulted from all the surgeries she had was that her armpit hair was permanently lasered. The hair on her legs was permanently lasered, and all the other areas where she had very little hair growth were removed permanently.

For the next hour and so on, Aemilia works hard to relearn how to walk and move. Every once in a while, Lucia would offer encouragement. After the physical training was over, Aemilia had personal hygiene care classes she had to learn.

After those classes, she had makeup and personal appearance classes. Aemilia wasn’t alone in those classes. There were several other women in the class, and each person had a personal instructor to teach them how to apply makeup. The instructors taught each of them what colors and styles looked good on them. The instructors were professional makeup artists who knew their craft well.

Aemilia had a young woman who was very knowledgeable about makeup. She was an older woman, but could see how Aemilia’s face was shaped, even after all the facial surgery Aemilia had undergone. The expert could tell her what makeup would look good with her new bone structure.

Aemilia learns that the woman teaching her was named Rachel Blush. She has been a professional makeup artist for over ten years and has done a lot of different jobs. Aemilia liked her because she not only explained what she was doing, but was recommended different facial routines she should follow.

When Aemilia arrived back in her room after grabbing a light lunch in the cafeteria. She saw a bunch of boxes and bags for her sitting on the bed. There was a note sitting on top of the packages.

Aemilia,
Here are some outfits to get you started. I’ve included everything you’ll need, including lingerie, undergarments, and hosiery. I’ve also included some jewelry for you.
Love,
Aunt Miranda

Aemilia hears a knocking sound coming from her hospital room door. She puts the note down, “Enter.”

Lucia walks into the room, and a smile appears on her face. She spots all the packages sitting on the bed. “Well, it looks like I don’t have to take you shopping any time soon.”

Aemilia shakes her head. “Who else knows why I’m here?”

“Just me, uncle Lucas, aunt Charlotte, Zoey, Mouse, aunt Amalia, uncle Remus, and aunt Rhea. Not even Jack knows you are here.” Lucia knows that some members of the family could find out, but they were keeping it all secret.

“So, how did Aunt Miranda find out?” Aemilia wonders how her aunt found out.

“Beats me. Aunt Miranda has her ways, and none of us have been able to figure out how she finds things out.” Lucia has always wondered how Aunt Miranda finds things out.

“It’s not that I don’t appreciate what she gave me, but the whole purpose of me changing my identity is to protect those I love and to have a second chance at life.”

“I wouldn’t worry about your secret getting out to your enemies, Auntie. There is no way anyone could put together that you survive. Plus, Zoey would know if someone was coming after you.” Lucia hasn’t met Charlotte’s newest daughters, but she knows they came from the United States. Charlotte also adopted another girl named Ashley at the same time.

“I just don’t want everyone to know I’m still alive.”

“Trust me, auntie. No one knows, and those who do know know how to keep a secret. So, have you been enjoying your lessons?” Lucia knew most of the instructors teaching her aunt.

“I never realized how much stuff a woman goes through to stay clean and healthy.” She never realized what her girlfriends and the female spies went through.

“That’s just the basics, Auntie. Wait until you go through Charm School. The instructor for that is of royal blood, and she is very good at teaching how young ladies should act.” Lucia knew, because she had charm school training.

“As long as she doesn’t whack my knuckles with a ruler, I’ll live,” Aemilia remembered the nuns she had as school teachers in the day.

“You say that now. Trust me, you’ll be a proper young lady when she is done with you.” Lucia knew how tough Mrs. Winters could be.

“Well, let’s see how close of a fit these clothes are.” Aemilia starts to undress to try the clothes on.

Aemilia returns to her room, feeling exhausted. The finishing training she was receiving was hard. Her niece Lucia was right about her instructor. The woman was strict and made sure you got what she was teaching you. If you didn’t move or walk like you were supposed to, her assistant gave you a light slap with a ruler.

Aemilia looks at the time and notices she needs to start getting ready for a luncheon. The luncheon was with several of the other ladies from the finishing class. It was one of her instructor’s tests, but no one knew who would be watching them or grading them.

She goes about getting ready and checks herself to make sure everything is right. A smile appears on Aemilia’s face as she grabs her small purse. The place where the luncheon was at was formal wear. So, she was ready for anything.

Aemilia leaves her room and walks down to where the parking lot is. Her niece bought her a car that was five years old and something her old self wouldn’t have bought. She gets into the car and familiarizes herself with it.

She programs the destination into the onboard GPS and follows the directions. Aemilia listens to some relaxing music as she thinks about her next move. Does she want to remain in France or move to some other country? She followed the GPS to the restaurant where she was meeting the other ladies and let the valet park her car. She slides them a good tip, so they park the car nearby.

Aemilia walks into the restaurant and is greeted by the hostess. She informs the hostess that she is meeting up with several women.

“Ah, yes. Miss. Scipio. Please follow me.” Sabine turns and escorts Miss. Scipio to a table where several other women from Aemilia’s finishing class were waiting.

“Thank you, dear.” Aemilia sits after greeting all the other women at the table.

They talk and have a drink. A few men come over to join them and socialize with them. The man socializing with Aemilia was a Texan
businessman. He owned a cattle ranch and was visiting France for the first time.

Aemilia didn’t know how she felt about being with a man, so soon after her sex change. She figures this must be a test, so she acted like the proper lady she was becoming. She listened intently to what he was saying and used some of the training she learned.

Aemilia knew how to extract the information without letting the person know she was doing it. However, being a woman now made things easier because she knew most men liked to impress beautiful women. She learns that the guy’s name was Joseph "Little Joe" Francis Cartwright. His parents were big fans of the old western Bonanza that came on television. Plus, their surname was Cartwright, so it worked legally for him.

The luncheon lasted for almost three hours. Aemilia, during that time, comes to like Joseph and promises to stay in touch with him. She secretly takes a picture of him and sends it to Mouse for a background check. Just before Aemilia and the other ladies leave to go back to the Château. They all received a sealed envelope with a single piece of paper inside it.

A smile appears on her face and the other lady's face when they read what is written on the piece of paper. She folds the envelope and tucks it in her purse. Since she didn’t have anything else lined up for the day. Aemilia takes the long way back to the Château.

As she is driving along on one of the back roads, she spots a teenage boy pedaling away on an old bicycle. The boy was covered in dirt and looked like he had been working out in the fields. A thoughtful look appears on her face, as a memory of when she was that young man’s age. She worked her ass off learning how ordinary males did things. She came from a well-off family.

By the time Aemilia arrived back at the Château, it was a little late in the evening. She checks in with the security guard Aime Athos when she arrives. She was amazed that Aime had the last name of a famous Musketeer from French history.

She knew several other elite security guards were protecting the Château. One of the guards was a woman who had the last name of Aramis. She carried around an old rapier. She knew the old-style rapier was popular among certain elite French sword wielders.

Aemilia parks her car and walks into the Château. She heads directly towards her room, waving to people as she passes them. When Aemilia enters her room, she relaxes and starts taking off the clothes and jewelry she was wearing. Most of the jewelry was from her familys collection. However, her aunt and niece bought her pieces that couldn’t be traced back to the Bounty family.

After Aemilia has changed, she sits down and goes through a few listings that her Aunt Charlotte sent her that might interest her. She has a wide range of interests that she still likes to do. One of them was horseback riding and flying. She had a few airplanes that she kept from some of her spy days that everyone thought were destroyed.

After spending several hours going through files and checking their location on her computer. She stops and heads towards the cafeteria to grab some dinner. When she walks into the café, she smells the scent of barbecue floating in the air. Her mouth starts to water when she goes through the line. She spots a new girl manning the barbecue, pans on the line. Aemilia has never seen her before.

“Are you American?” Aemilia was curious because the young woman didn’t look like she was from Europe.

Betty looks at the middle-aged woman standing in front of her. A smile appears on her face. “I sure am, ma’am.”

Aemilia notices the young woman’s accent. She had a deep American southern accent to her speech. She noticed the woman had a nice pixie haircut.

“So, I take it, you made all this tasty meat.”

“Sure did, ma’am. Why don’t you try some and tell me what you think of it?” Betty has seen the reaction of some of the people who have never had American southern-style barbecue.

“Okay, I’m game.” Aemilia has never had American-style barbecue before.

Betty serves up a nice plate of a barbecue sandwich with homemade coleslaw on the sandwich. She also adds some burnt ends with her tasty barbecue sauce and several slices of the brisket as well. She adds some southern-style green beans, corn bread, and macaroni and cheese.

“Here you go, ma’am. Enjoy.” Betty hands the plate to Aemilia.

“Thank you.” Aemilia accepts the plate and places it on her tray.

She grabs some sweet iced tea to drink with her meal. After charging the meal to her room. She walks over to a nearby table and sits down.

“Here goes nothing.” As Aemilia picks the sandwich up and bites into it.

She couldn’t believe how tasty the meat, coleslaw mix tasted. A low moan escapes from her mouth as she takes another bite. She was loving the sandwich. She tries the brunt ends and the sliced brisket pieces. Aemilia looked over towards the woman serving people and saw that several people were trying her Southern-style food.

“God! If I ate this type of meal all the time. I would end up putting on weight.” Aemilia tries everything on her plate and loves it all. She was going to need to speak with that cook.

After dinner, Aemilia heads back to her room and lies down on her bed and read one of her favorite books. She knew she shouldn’t be keeping anything from her old life, but she had certain books she loved.

While reading her book, she slowly drifts off and starts dreaming about the story. She sees herself as the main character and encounters everything the character has to go through.

Cannes, France:
Aemilia walks around the manor house she just recently bought in France. She decided to put down roots in France, instead of heading back to England. Since her French was pretty good and she could easily pass as a French woman. She thought it was appropriate, and she wanted something different. The old manor house she bought dates to the early 1800s and has been renovated several times since then.

She couldn’t have any horses on the property, but the property did have a nice garden that had both flowers, veggies, and herbs planted in it. The housekeeper she hired to tend to the place came highly recommended, and her cooking skills were amazing.

The marina where her sailboat was docked was only thirty minutes from her home. So, she could go sailing whenever she wanted to. As for Little
Joe, she has stayed in contact with him and was planning on visiting him in the United States in a few weeks.

She decided to see what it was like to date again, with her being on the other end. As for her period, her niece wasn’t kidding about what she was going to experience. Everything her niece told her about happened, including the crabbiness and the bloating she felt. Luckily, her flow wasn’t too bad, and between using tampons and pads together, she didn’t leak. She did purchase some period underwear that she could wear.

Sophie spotted her new employer, Aemilia, exploring the manor. She knew Aemilia was new to owning the manor and left all the kitchen details to her. As for meals and food allergies, Sophie knew Aemilia didn’t have any.

“Ms. Aemilia, I’m leaving to do some shopping. Is there anything you would like tonight or during the week?” Sophie looks at Aemilia’s back.

Aemilia turns around to look at Sophie, “No, I’m fine. I’ll leave the meal planning to you, Sophie.”

“Okay, ma’am. Do you prefer to drink tea or coffee in the morning?”

“Coffee in the morning and tea later throughout the day.”

“Very well, ma’am.” Sophie grabs her purse and keys to the vehicle she drives.

“Sophie, if you want to. You can take the Clio, instead of using your car.” Aemilia didn’t know if Sophie used her car to shop or not.

“Thank you, ma’am.” Sophie was happy that Ms. Aemilia allowed her to use one of the four vehicles she owned.

Sophie leaves to do some shopping. She drives towards the village to do her shopping. She grew up here and knew all the owners of the places she shopped at.

Aemilia steps outside and explores the garden. The place reminded her of her Aunt Helen’s place in Yorkshire. She and her husband lived in a stately home that had been in her family for ages.

Aemilia wonders what she is going to do now that she isn’t chasing after enemy agents and such. She had plenty of money to support herself and her lifestyle, but she needed something to do so she wouldn’t get bored. Aemilia looks around and sits down on a bench the previous owners had left behind in the garden. She liked how the garden was laid out. There were areas in the design where you had privacy, where you could be by yourself or make out with someone.

She relaxes, enjoying the cool temperature and scent from the flowers. She thinks about installing a beehive on the property. The garden would benefit from having bees flying around. Her cell phone dings, letting her know she received a text. She looks at who sent it and notices it was Little Joe. A smile appears on her face as she reads it and looks at the picture he sent with it.

He was sitting on top of a powerful horse and was herding several cows towards a large group of cattle. She replies and sends a picture of herself sitting in the garden. She sent the picture and couldn’t wait to visit him.

The two of them text back and forth for a while before she heads back into the house. She spots Sophie putting away the groceries. She walks over and gives Sophie a hand putting things away.

“Thank you, ma’am.” Sophie knew Aemilia liked helping, which was an unusual trait for an employer.

“You’re welcome, Sophie. So, what is planned for tonight?” Aemilia wonders what Sophie had planned for them.

“I was thinking of a veal dish for dinner, ma’am. The butcher in town had a nice selection of fresh veal.” Sophie couldn’t pass up the deal.

“Sounds good to me. Is there anything I can do to help?” Aemilia wanted to help.

“No ma’am. I got everything under control.” Sophie knew Ms. Scipio.

“Very well.” Aemilia heads towards the living room and picks up her Kindle, and starts reading.

Aemilia had purchased a Western novel and had started reading it. The setting was in Texas, and the main character was an old gunslinger. She becomes engrossed in the novel and doesn’t hear Sophie letting her know dinner was ready.

Sophie serves Aemilia outside on the patio. The weather was still nice, and Aemilia could see the marina from her place. When Aemilia takes a bite of the food. A low moan escapes from her lips. Sophie did an extremely good job cooking the veal.

“Sophie, you did a wonderful job on the meal.”

“Thank you, ma’am.” A smile appears on Sophie’s middle-aged face.

The dessert Sophie serves after the main meal was just as good as the meal itself. Aemilia knew if she kept eating like this, she was going to need to exercise more.

After dinner, Aemilia goes back to reading the novel she downloaded.

Aemilia’s Place, Cannes France:
Akari sits up suddenly in bed as she wakes up. The room she was in was unfamiliar to her, along with the dark color silk nightgown she was wearing. She looks around the bedroom trying to figure out how she got here and why she felt bad. She starts coughing as her lungs try to clear themselves out.

The door to the bedroom opens and an older French looking woman comes into the room dressed in night clothes. She held a tray in her hands with a pitcher and cup on it. She sets the tray down on the night stand next to the bed and pours some liquid form the pitcher into the brown cup.

“Drink.” Sophie came as soon as she heard the teenage girl starting to cough.

She had used a baby monitor that Aemilia had suggested. It was disguised as the lamp sitting on the nightstand. That way Sophie could monitor the teenager Aemilia had rescued from the ocean.

Sophie does as she is order to do and drink the liquid in the tan cup. It tasted nasty, but after a few seconds she could feel the effects of it. Her lungs and throat felt better and she could breathe again.

Akari looks at the older woman, “what was that?”

“Old family recipe to help you recover. Now, lay back and rest. You are still not feeling healthy.” Sophie had placed her hand on the young woman’s forehead and felt how hot the girl was.

Akari does as the old woman tells her. She felt to weak to protest and her body was so sore. Every muscle felt like jelly and so weak.

Sophie felt how hot the teenager was and left the room. A few minutes later she returns with a cold cloth and some aspirins. She places the cold cloth on the girl’s forehead and gives her the aspirins to take.

Akari takes the aspirins and drinks some more of the liquid the older woman had given her beforehand. She watches as the woman tucks her into bed. In no time Akari was off to la, la land.

Aemilia was waiting out in the hallway when Sophie comes out of the young woman’s room. She looks at Sophie “how is she?”

“She’s got a slight fever and some congestion in her lungs. She’ll need a few days of bed rest, Ms. Aemilia. Do you know how long she had been
out in the ocean?” Sophie knew Ms. Aemilia had been out sailing when she found the girl twenty miles off shore cling to a deflated life boat.

“From the sunburn she had, it had to have happen during the storm a few days ago.” A bad thunderstorm had blown through at the beginning of the week. It had been so bad, Aemilia had to hire some handy men to come in and make repairs to the roof of the old barn that had been converted.

“Alright, I’ll see if I can learn who she is.” Aemilia had already taken her picture, her prints, and swabbed the inside of her mouth to get a DNA sample.

She sent everything to her Aunt Charlotte to process. The facial recognition program hadn’t come back with anything on her, which meant she wasn’t a spy or a crook. That still didn’t mean anything. The DNA was still being process, and Zoey hadn’t had any bad feelings about the girl.

The next time Akari wakes up there was sunshine shining through a large bay window in the room. The room itself smelled like lavender and there were fresh flowers in a crystal vase sitting next to her bed. Her chest felt a little better and she could breathe better.

Sitting next to the bed she was laying on, was a younger woman wearing a light color dress. She had shoulder length dark brown hair and violet eyes. Her makeup was perfect “sleeping beauty awakes. How are you feeling?” Aemilia had spoken in French to the young woman she found was named Akari Marie Laurent.

Akari’s mother was Japanese and her father was French. The boat they had been on had sunk with all hands. They had been fishermen.

“Still weak, where are my parents?” Akari was curious why she was here without her parents.

Aemilia places her hand on Akari’s hand “they and the crew of the fishing boat you were on didn’t make it. It seems that you’re the only survivor.”

Tears start to form in Akari’s eyes as she starts crying. Akari feels Aemilia wrap her arms around her and hold her. She tries to comfort Akari as she holds her. Aemilia just found out that the boat Akari’s parents were on hadn’t survived the storm.

The French Coastguard had found debris floating out on the water. As for Akari herself, the DNA had come back from MI6 and showed that Akari was part French and part Japanese. Her mother side of the family didn’t have any relatives here in Europe, but back in Japan. As for her father, he had a bunch of family her in France, but it would be up to Akari if she wanted to live with them.

According to what research she had done on them. The other relatives were barely getting by themselves. They were having a difficult time with their crops and were mortgaged to the hilt. The house they are living in was going to need major repairs.

Akari cries herself to sleep. Aemilia lays Akari back down on the bed and tuck her in. She feels sorry for the teenage girl. She had to call Little Joe and reschedule her visit. She explained everything to him and told him that as soon as she got everything straightened out with the young girl she saved, she’ll come and visit.

It takes Aemilia a few weeks to get everything with Akari straightened out. She ends up becoming Akari’s legal guardian. Which she doesn’t mind, but at the same time, she was still getting uses to being a woman. All her training did nothing to prepare her for this.

She had informed her aunt Charlotte about her decision, and was told it won’t be easy, but if she had any problems, she could call her. Getting all of Akari’s paperwork was a headache, but she was uses to dealing with government officials. She managed to get everything done, including getting Akari a passport.

While she handled all the paperwork, Sophie took Akari shopping. Akari had lost everything she owned when the boat went down. She had lived on the fishing boat with her family.

Once everything was legal with Akari, she contacted Little Joe and informed him about everything. He wanted to meet Akari and Sophie. He just hopes they didn’t mind being around a bunch of cowboys.

Aemilia arranges for Akari and Sophie to travel with her. She also arranges for Akari to attend a private school when school starts. Aemilia finds out that Akari was taught on the fishing boat by her parents. The government had allowed it, so Akari would have to take a placement test in order to be placed in the proper grade.

Once all of that was taken care of, Aemilia prepares to travel to the United States with Sophie and Akari.

Kingsville, TX:
Little Joe, Aemilia, and Akari sit in their saddles and just look at all the land that was part of Little Joe’s ranch. They were still acres away from his property border, but it all looked beautiful. It was hot out, and the river that marked the border of the property was still a ride away.

Little Joe turns and looks t Aemilia as she sat in her saddle. She looked so beautiful on top of her horse. She had dressed like she grew up in the saddle. He was surprised by how much she knew about horses and riding. The two of them had taught Akari some basic riding skills.

The horse he assigned Akari to ride was good nature and would follow their horses, so she was safe. He noticed how much Aemilia was enjoying herself in the saddle.

“So, what do you ladies think of my property so far?” Little Joe looks towards Aemilia and Akari.

Akari didn’t know what to feel, because she was still recovering from the death of her parents and being adopted by Ms.Scipio. She looks back at Little Joe “it’s so wide and dry.”

Aemilia smirks at Akari’s comment. She knew Akari was so uses to being on a boat, that land was a new sensation for her. She knew Akari felt uncomfortable on land.

Little Joe looks at Aemilia for her input. “What do you think?”

Aemilia turns her head and look at Little Joe “I love it. True, it’s a little hot and dusty for my taste, but I do love it so far.” Aemilia has always loved open spaces and horseback riding. Even when she served in the British secret service.

A smile appears on Little Joe’s face. He couldn’t get over how beautiful Aemilia looked. He loved hearing her French accent. He has heard her speak in a few other languages, but her French was beautiful.

“There’s a spot where we can stop and stretch our legs for a while.” Little Joe leads the two ladies to one of his favorite spots. It was close to the beach where he and his men loved to come down and party at.

Akari follows behind Little Joe. Her horse seems to be willing to follow, instead of lead. She adjust how she is sitting in the saddle. She has never been on top of an horse before. Aemilia had warned her that her thighs were going to hurt later on tonight.

She had gotten uses to using the reigns to stir her horse. She was glad that her horse was patient with an amateur like her. When Akari slides out of the saddle, she could barely stand. Akari noticed Aemilia was having the same problem.

A smirk appears on Little Joe’s face by the way both women were standing. He knew Akari was going to have problems, but he didn’t figure Aemilia would.

“I take it, you haven’t been in the saddle for a while?” He walks over to help her.

“No, but it will come back to me.” She couldn’t tell him she was still getting uses to the surgery she had done to her pelvic area. So, if she had an
x-rays done of her body, she would show up as a woman. Plus, her organs were fully working and she could carry a baby.

Aemilia helps Akari after Little Joe helped her. The three of them walk over to an area that her keen trained eyes told her was used often.

“Do you bring people here, often?” Aemilia turns to look into Little Joe’s eyes.

“Just me, my men, sometimes friends and family. It’s a nice area to have a nice picnic or to spend some quality time with someone.” Joe loved the area.

Aemilia stands in front of Little Joe, while she watches Akari explore the area. She feels Little Joe move up behind her and wrap his arms around her slim body. He stood a few inches taller than her. She leans back against his chest enjoying his warm arms around her body.

When she started down this path, she didn’t plan on getting a boyfriend or having feeling. Being a spy and being hunted had caused her to not involve herself with anyone. However, after the first time she meet Little Joe, something about him changed her.

Three of them stay down by the water for a while. Akari felt her legs muscles getting a little sore. They mount back up on their horses and head back to the house. By the time they arrived, the sun had already fallen and night was moving in.

Aemilia shows Akari how to stable her horse and feed him. She rubs down Akari’s horse and her own horse. They hear the dinner bell ring “I think Sophie and Henry are calling us.”

Little Joe leads everyone to the where the food was being served, which was outside at a huge table. All the ranch hands were there, and plates and plates of meat, sides, vegetables, and beans. Little Joe lets Preacher say grace for them, before eating.

Some of the men didn’t know what some of the French dishes were, but were willing to try them. Sophie watches as the food she cooked was slowly being devoured. She saw the expression on the cowboys who tried her dish and fell in love with it. Akari was given sweet iced tea to drink, while the men either drunk beer, whiskey, or tea themselves.

Sophie was sitting near Henry. He had loved how she cooked and taste tested some of her dishes. She taste tested some of his cooking as well, especially the cowboy beans. She had never had beans like that before.

Aemilia, Little Joe, and several cowboys volunteered to help with the dishes. They cleared the table and divided the left over for the men to take with them. Akari was shown where she could take a nice soak to ease the stiffness building in her thighs. Sophie gives her some aspirin for her thighs as well.

Aemilia and Little Joe sat outside looking up at the Texas sky. She was surprised by how clear the night sky was.

“It’s a lot different than France.” Aemilia leans back Against Little Joe’s chest. She was sitting between his legs.

“True, but tonight is special with you being here.” Little Joe kisses Aemilia on the neck.

Aemilia melts against Little Joe. She was enjoying how she felt when he kissed her. She turns around in his arms and start kissing him back.
After a few minutes of tongue wrestling, she stops kissing him and look into his eyes “I think I better head back to my bedroom, before I do something we might regret later.”

A playful smile appears on Little Joe’s weathered face “I don’t think we should regret it, but at least let me escort you back.” As Little Joe helps Aemilia off the ground.

“Thank you.” Aemilia smiles at him as she turns and walks back to her bedroom.

She gives him one more kiss, before retiring for the night. She had so many emotions going through her and she was unprepared for everything. She gets undress and takes a cold shower to calm down.

When morning arrives, she is woken up by her alarm on her cell phone. She puts her house robe on and slippers and check on Akari. She found Akari still asleep after everything yesterday. She heads towards the kitchen where she spots Sophie fixing breakfast.

“Has Mr. Cartwright already had breakfast, Sophie?” Aemilia looks towards her housekeeper.

“Ye ma’am. He was up early and left with his men, after grabbing some breakfast.” Sophie goes back to cooking.

“You know, you don’t have to cook while we are here, Sophie.” Aemilia sits down to enjoy a fresh muffin that she knew Sophie made.

“I know ma’am. I enjoy cooking and Mr. Cartwright doesn’t mind me taking over his kitchen while we are here.” Sophie brings over a cup of coffee to Aemilia.

“Thank you, Sophie.” She accepts the cup.

“You’re welcome, ma’am.” Sophie fixes herself a cup and sits down at the table with Aemilia.

The two of them enjoy their coffee in peace, because they both knew Akari would be up soon. Today, they were taking her to the hair salon for the very first time in her life.

Aemilia walks hand-in-hand with Little Joe on her left side and Akari on her right hand side. Sophie had stayed at the ranch helping the cooks there with the barbecue Little Joe was throwing for a friend of his. She had met the person and found him as charming as Little Joe. Since, Sophie, the head/trail cooks and house keeper had everything under control. There was no reason for her or Little Joe to stick around.

Little Joe decided to take Aemilia and her adopted daughter Akari to a rodeo that was nearby. It was only a few hours from the ranch and he thought it would be a good experience for the ladies. He looks at Aemilia and noticed how observant she was with her surroundings.

“Expecting some trouble, Aemilia?” He has only learned a few things about Aemilia since she has been at the ranch.

A smile appears on Aemilia’s face before she answers Joe’s question. She gives his hand a little squeeze “Sorry, I’m just so amazed at how life here is so different than it is in France, or anywhere else I have lived.”

“How many places have you lived?” Joe was curious about Aemilia. He knew very little about her.

“Only few places I have relatives in Ireland, London, and a few other countries. Whenever I visit them, I like to learn about the culture and customs of the area.” Aemilia hopes Little Joe buys that answer, because she was finding it harder and harder to lie to him. She also couldn’t believe she was falling for Little Joe.

“You’ll have to tell me about some of the places you have visited. The only foreign places I have visited, has been Switzerland, England, and France of course.” Little Joe knew he wasn’t much of a world traveler as Aemilia seems to be.

“You’ve been to Switzerland?” Aemilia looks at Little Joe’s face when she asked.

“Yeah, I and some of my school buddies went there one year to see what all the fuss was about skiing there. It was alright, but I prefer here in the states.”

“I didn’t know you skied. Do you like skiing?” Aemilia wonders if Joe would like to come and ski in Europe.

“It’s enjoyable, but I’m not a very good skier.” Little Joe hated to admit that.

“Practice makes perfect.” A smirk appears on Aemilia’s face.

Akari had let go of Aemilia’s hand and was a little ahead of them. She was still getting uses to being around a bunch of people. She spotted a vendor offering a variety of teddy bears. Some were small, going all the way up to some huge teddy bears.

“What to try your luck, young lady?” The vendor manning the booth looks at Akari.

Akari looks towards Joe and Aemilia when they stop near her “can I?”

“Sure.” Aemilia puts a five dollar bill out of her pants pocket and hands it to the vendor.

“How do I play?” Akari has never played this game before.

“Hit as many targets as you can, and win the prize. That’s all there it is to it.” Jake smiles at the young girl as he watches her parents.

Akari picks up the rifle; she aims and pulls the trigger. She misses the target she was aiming at. She tries again and hits the edge of the second target. She keeps on trying, but only manages to hit one target.

“Dang!” Akari hands the rifle back to Jake.

“Sorry, little lady. But since you, hit one target. You can have this.” Jake hands a keychain to Akari with a little teddy bear on it.

Akari looks at the little keychain with the teddy bear on it. She was hoping to get one of the bigger ones, to replace the one she lost at sea.

“Thank you.” Akari turns to leave.

Little Joe saw the disappointing look on Akari’s face. He knew these games were rigged.

“Let me try.” Joe pulls out a five dollar bill and lay it down in front of Jake.

“Okay, here you go, cowboy.” Jake hands Little Joe a different rifle to fire.

Joe accepts the rifle and he could tell from the weight of the rifle that something was off with it. He aims and manages to compensate for the weight and fires. He hits the first, second, and third targets. He nicks the fourth one and the last one he managed to hit.

“He you go sir.” Jake grabs a medium size teddy bear and hands it to Little Joe.

Little Joe accepts it and hands it to Akari “here you go, kiddo.”

Akari accepts the teddy bear from Joe. She looks him “thank you.”

“Any time, kiddo.” A smile appears on Little Joe’s face as they turn to leave.

A smile forms on Aemilia’s face as they leave the stall. They stop at a few more stalls and play some games. A few times, Aemilia tries her hand at some of the games and wins. Other times she loses, but it doesn’t bother her to lose.

When the trio stopped at the dart stall to play. Aemilia notices the darts were weighted, so you would miss. She compensates for the difference in weight and manages to hit the bull eye all three times.

Little Joe looks at Aemilia “Let’s try that again.”

“Okay.” A sly smile appears on Aemilia’s face as she accepts the darts.

She throws each one separately and gets a bull’s eye. When she throws the third one, Little Joe gooses her. She misses the target when he does that.

“Hey! That’s cheating.” Aemilia gives Little Joe a dirty look.

A smirks appears on his face, as he leans towards her and kisses Aemilia. He wraps his arm around her and pull her towards him.
Aemilia just melts in Little Joe’s arms. She couldn’t believe what this man was doing to her. She has never felt like this before, even when she did the same thing another woman. When Joe stops kissing her, a smile appears on her face “You’re forgiven.”

The rest of the afternoon they ride a few rides and catch a show or two, before they head back home for the barbecue party.

Aemilia felt Little Joe behind her. His manhood was resting between her butt cheeks, and his hand was resting on her breast. She was still feeling aftershocks from the massive orgasm she had. She couldn’t believe how her body responded to Little Joe.

She could still taste his semen in her mouth and feel it leaking out of her anal and vaginal openings. She couldn’t believe how much Little Joe pumped into her. She loved it when he ate her out, before sticking his manhood into her body and mouth.

She loved how she felt in his strong arms. Their bodies fit together nicely. She turns around to face Little Joe and can feel his manhood pressing against her womanhood. She kisses him and rubs her groin against his manhood, which she feels stiffen.

“If you keep that up, I’ll have to relieve myself inside you.” Little Joe looks into Aemilia’s doe-like eyes.

“What is stopping you?” Aemilia returns Little Joe’s gaze.

An evil smile appears on his face as he leans down and starts kissing Aemilia. He spreads her legs and positions his manhood at her vaginal opening and teases her before slowly entering her body. He makes her squirm as he goes slowly into her body. At the last moment, he shoves the rest of his manhood deep into her body, which causes Aemilia to arch her back off the mattress.

They spend the next thirty minutes making love to each other. Aemilia has learned how to keep Little Joe from ejecting too soon. After they finally stopped, Aemilia could see that Little Joe was worn out. She was, too, but she knew because she stopped Little Joe from erupting several times.

After resting for a while, the two of them get up and head towards the bathroom. Aemilia sets the water for the two of them, while Little Joe pees.

She looks at him as he stands before the toilet, “Are you having a hard time holding that monster?”

“No, but it loves your pussy.” Little Joe loved how Aemilia responded to him and the sex they had.

“I think my kitty is in love with your giant snake.” She steps into the shower and motions for him to join her.

The two of them wash each other’s bodies and worship each other’s bodies. Aemilia’s body tingles whenever Little Joe touches her. She knew the effect she was having on him whenever she touched his body.

The two of them get dressed and step into the kitchen to grab some food. Aemilia knew Akari was out learning to ride from one of the cowboys who worked for Little Joe.

Little Joe turns around and looks at Aemilia. “When do you have to go back home?”

“Next week. I have to go out and buy school supplies and have Akari measured for her school uniform. All of this is new to her.” Aemilia knew this was going to be a new experience for Akari.

“How would you and Akari like to spend Christmas and Thanksgiving here with me?” Little Joe wishes Aemilia didn’t have to go back to Spain.

Aemilia walks over to Little Joe. “I would love to spend Thanksgiving and Christmas here with you.”

“I was hoping you would say that.” Little Joe leans forward and kisses Aemilia on the lips.

After eating some breakfast, Little Joe walks outside to talk with his ranch foreman. The cattle they had were due to go to the market soon. Little Joe was feeling happy and was thinking about marrying Aemilia. Sure, they have only known each other for a short time, but he has never met a woman like her. He did notice some of the scars on her body and would love to know more about them, but he was willing to let her keep her secrets.

Aemilia watches from the patio as Joe walks off towards the cattle pens. She sips her coffee as she looks over towards the training ring where Akari is learning. She saw how much Akari was enjoying being on top of the horse. She’ll have to get Akari a horse when they get back to Spain.

Sophia returns to the ranch a few hours later. She looks around the house and finds Aemilia in the dining room on her laptop. She noticed how Aemilia was glowing from her night with Little Joe.

“You’re glowing, Ma’am.” Sophia liked working for Aemilia.

Aemilia looks up and notices Sophia walking into the dining room. A smile appears on her face, “I didn’t think it was that obvious.”

“Only to someone who has experienced the type of loving that you have, ma’am.” Sophia sits down at the table.

“I have to say, I am falling head over heels with him, Sophia. He’s everything I have come to love. He already treats Akari as if she were his
daughter, and his men love working for him. He treats me as if I were his world, and I love how he treats me as an equal. He’s not scared of what I am capable of doing.” Aemilia noticed that Little Joe wasn’t the type of man who feared his manhood was threatened.

“That is good, ma’am. Do you think you’ll be moving here to the States?” Sophia was curious.

“I don’t know, Sophia. How would you feel if I did?” Aemilia knew Sophia was well established in Spain.

“I think I might have to find a new job.” Sophia was enjoying her job with Aemilia.

“No, you won’t, Sophia. I want to keep you on and look after my house in Spain. I will still need to travel back and forth to Spain, and I bet Joe will too.”

“Thank you.” Sophia could handle looking after the house in Spain.

“You’re welcome. So, have you been enjoying yourself here in America?” Aemilia knew Sophia had been hanging out with the cook who works for Little Joe.

“Yes. I’ve learned a few secrets and recipes from Cookie, and he has enjoyed my Spanish cooking as well. I have to say, I have learned a lot from him.” Sophia loved the recipes Cookie had taught her.

“How would you feel coming back here for Thanksgiving and Christmas?” Aemilia wanted to know how Sophia would feel.

“I normally celebrate Christmas with my family.” Sophia wanted to be with her family.

“I can respect that. What do you know about the American holiday, Thanksgiving?” Aemilia was curious about what Sophia knew.

“Isn’t it based on when the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock?” Sophia only knew a little bit about the American holiday.

“I think so. I’ll have to do more research myself.” Aemilia knew a little bit, but would have to ask more from her American cousins.

The rest of the day, Aemilia works on her laptop. She had a bunch of things she needed to get done. Transferring money from one account to another. She sells some stocks, buys better-paying ones, and invests in new businesses. She did buy some stock in a few oil companies here in Texas.

She spots a few companies that were investing in solar and selling solar generators. She also spots a few companies that were building lithium batteries. She transfers some money from a secret account and buys up a large number of stocks.

Aemilia finally shuts her laptop down and puts it back in her bedroom. She walks outside and has lunch with her daughter and Little Joe.

The flight back to Spain was boring and a little uncomfortable for Aemilia. Before she left Little Joe’s ranch, he and she had a marathon of sexual encounters. He made her promise not to let any of his semen leak out of her body until she got back home.

Aemilia gave her word that she wouldn’t let a single drop leak out of her body. She even let him make a deposit in her panties, so she could feel the stickiness of his semen against her vaginal opening. That wasn’t the only thing she did for him either. She gave him a massive blow job and let him empty his load down her throat. It wasn’t a large amount or multiple amounts like he deposited in her ass, and vagina. It was a small amount and she smirked when she was scanned by the TSA agent. It made her think she was smuggling an illegal substance onto the plane.

There was an incident with one of the TSA agents when they searched Akari. The agent was making Akari extremely uncomfortable and her daughter was being searched by a male agent, instead of by a female agent. Not only that, she noticed he was squeezing a little too hard when he was touching her breasts and when he reached between her legs. She reached out and gripped his hand so hard, that she was about to break his wrist. She also started cussing him out in Spanish so harshly, that she was causing a scene.

A supervisor had to be called and when she cut into him as well. They just let the matter drop and sent her on her way. The uproar she created caused other agents searching people to be more careful. As for the agent that molested her daughter, he was escorted out of the terminal.

Aemilia held Akari’s hand until they were safely on the plane. Once they were safely in the air, she felt Akari’s hand releases hers and drift off to sleep. Aemilia knew Akari didn’t like flying. She watches as her daughter slept. She pulls her laptop out and send an email to Little Joe informing him about what happened at the airport.

She noticed his angry reply in the return email he sent. A smile appears on her face, as she exchanged emails back and forth on her flight. She noticed what time it was and sends a hug to him, so she could at least catch a nap before landing.

By the time her, Sophia, and Akari arrived home. Everyone was tired and ready for their own bed. Aemilia tucks Akari into bed and places a kiss on her fore head. By the time she takes off her cum soak panties, they were sticking to her bottom. She was careful as she removed them and tossed them into the dirty clothes hamper. She takes a shower and put on one of her favorite nightgowns, and crawls into bed. Aemilia is unconscious in no time.

Aemilia and Akari slept in late. Sophia would have slept in late, but her family and friends were so glad she was home. Once Aemilia is up, she doesn’t bother changing clothes and just stay in her nightgown. Akari tosses on a pair of comfortable pants and a light t-shirt. She doesn’t bother with wearing undergarments, because she was going to just hang around the house taking care of her luggage.

Aemilia sends a text message to Little Joe, letting him know she got home safely. She informs him that she wasn’t going to be doing anything except laundry and relaxing. She also lets him know she already misses him.

The next few days after Aemilia and Akari arrive home. Becomes busy registering Akari for school, getting her school supplies, having her measured for her school uniform and picking it up. Akari is given a tour of the private school she’ll be attending. Aemilia had enrolled her in a private school with an excellent academic reputation. All of this is a little overwhelming for Akari, because she never attended a school before.

To relax Akari, Aemilia takes her to a spa and gets the works for her and herself. Later, they go and have lunch at a nice restaurant and set up a bank account for Akari. Aemilia had already thought about this and arranged to do it.

After spending a mother and daughter day of shopping and enjoying the day out together. Aemilia and Akari head back home and enjoy a nice dinner that Sophia made for them. By the time the day ended, all three women relax.

In the coming weeks, school start and Akari attend her first classes. At first, it was all strange to her and she had a little difficulty fitting in, but after a few weeks, she gets the hang of it and makes several new friends. She even becomes active in several clubs and programs. As for Aemilia, she watches as Akari begins to enjoy herself at her new school. Sure, it was a rough start, but Akari adapted to the new routine and her teachers.

As for Aemilia, she stays busy with several businesses she ahs invested in. One of the businesses catches her attention. Something about it seemed familiar to her, from her past life. She checks on it during the day and learns more then she wants to. The company was owned and operated by a person who she knew had connections to a secret organization. In this case, they specialized in smuggling weapons and other illegal items from countries that have trade embargos against them.

She knew she exposed several high ranking families that dealt with them and shipped items under their own umbrella. She investigates for a few days, before making her move to investigate closer. She knew she shouldn’t do this, because she was trying to have a new life, instead of having a life she had before. However, she knew these people how they ruin people’s lives.

She goes to a secret storage unit she set up when she moved to Spain and grab some of her gear. When she tries the stealth suit she kept form her old life, it was so snug on her body. That she couldn’t move like she used to. It also dug into her groin area, giving her a major camel toe. When she looked in the full size mirror in her bedroom, she looked ridicules.

If the enemy wasn’t knocked out by her looking like a cheap whore. They would be laughing at her. All the surgeries she had to give herself a curvy female body was now her major enemy. She’ll need to get a new custom made suit.

Aemilia manages to peel herself out of the suit and fold it back up. She puts it back in its suitcase and pulled her cell phone out. If there was one person she could call to order a new suit from, and trust. It was Art Capone. She’ll have to see him in person.

Aemilia calls Art’s answering service and makes an appointment with him. She gives an older password, but he’ll know who it is. Once she is done doing that, she sends an encrypted email to Mouse to see if she can get some information about the current owners of the export/import business she is investigating.

Once Aemilia is finish with sending the message to Mouse. She starts working on her finical records and stocks. She makes sure that no one has messed with her investments. She knew a few hackers that loved to mess with the stock market.

Aemilia makes arrangement to pull Akari out of school for Thanksgiving. It wasn’t a Spanish holiday, but she promise Little Joe she would come back for Thanksgiving and Christmas. The rest of the afternoon, Aemilia works around her place.

Olde’s King Book Store, London, England:
Aemilia couldn’t believe she was back in England or in front of Olde’s King Book Store as she adjusted her handbag. She wasn’t used to carrying such a large handbag filled with books. She walks into the store and listens as the old-style bell above the store rings.

Aemilia walks towards the counter, where she spots a middle-aged woman with shoulder-length brown hair working. She didn’t know who the woman was. She hopes Art is in, because she arranged to meet him here today.

“Excuse me, ma’am.” Aemilia looks at the older woman.

Brenda looks up from the counter at the high-class lady standing before her. She noticed her Spanish accent, “How can I help you, Ms.”

“I would like to speak with Art Capone about a book I’m planning on selling.” Aemilia pulls the book she brought with her out of her handbag.
Aemilia places the old, heavy, ornately decorated book on the counter. The book itself looked to be over a thousand years old. It even had a brass lock on it that kept the book closed.

Brenda’s eyes get wide when she sees the book. She didn’t know much about old-school books, but this thing was beautiful.

“I’ll get him right away, Ms.?”

“Scipio. Ms. Aemilia Scipio.” Aemilia kept eye contact with the woman in front of her.

“If you’ll wait here, Ms. Scipio.” Brenda turns and walks towards the back of the bookstore.

Aemilia looks around the store and spots several hidden camera systems, cleverly disguised to blend in with its environment. If she weren’t a highly trained agent, she wouldn’t have spotted them. Several minutes later, an older man comes walking from the back towards her. A smile appears on Aemilia’s face, because it’s been a long time since she has seen Art.

Art spots the woman Brenda mentioned to him. A sly smile appears on his weathered, old face. He would never have thought that Johnathan Bounty would become such a striking beauty. Then again, most of the women in the Bounty family line were striking beauties who were highly dangerous.

“You must be Ms. Scipio. How can I help you?” Art looks at the book sitting on the counter.

“I was thinking about selling this book, and was wondering how much could I get for it?” Aemilia lays her hand on the cover of the book.

“Well, let me examine this beautiful book.” Art looks at the book's cover and notices the lock.

Aemilia had already pulled the key out. She holds it out to him, “I think you’ll need this to unlock it.”

“Thank you.” Art accepts the tarnish key from Aemilia.

Art inserts the key into the lock and turns it. He notices how well the key turns as the lock unlatches.

“Nice, and smooth.” Art opens the book with his gloved hands and turns the pages carefully.

Art notices the book was written in ancient Latin. He flips through the pages as he examines the book. He comes to a page with a written note in the middle. He reads it and looks up towards Aemilia as he closes the book.

“I think I can honor your request. If you come with me to the back, I’ll give you the price for this fine book.”

“Lead the way.” A smile appears on Aemilia’s face.

Art picks up the book and carries it in his arms as he leads Aemilia towards the back of the bookstore. He leads Aemilia into the back, where a bunch of shelves were stocked with books. In the back was a cage that Aemilia knew held special collections and very rare books. It had a self-contained environment, and you had to wear protective gear if you were going to touch or hold them.

“I see you still have your special clean room.” Aemilia had bought several ancient books from Art and donated them to the family library that the Bounty kept and maintained.

“And I heard you were dead. What is going on that brought you out of retirement?” Art had heard that Johnthan Bounty had died on his last
mission. He knew it couldn’t be true, because Bounty’s don’t just die on missions, especially as well-trained as Johnthan Bounty was.

“It’s a long story, Art.” Aemilia continues to follow Art to a secret elevator that leads down to the subbasements.

Once the elevator stopped, the doors opened. Aemilia saw a new workshop. She looks around as she exits the elevator. She notices many new machines and pieces of equipment.

“You’ve upgraded, Art.” Aemilia follows Art over to a huge work table.

“Had to. Everyone is always in a rush, and doing things the old way takes too long and is difficult on my joints. Don’t worry, my work is still top of the line.” Art puts the book down on the table.

“Well, I hope so. As I mentioned over the phone, I need some new stealth suits and some working suits. Also, some new special gear as well.”

“Well, this book should cover the cost of everything. I’ll need all your old gear and weapons so they can’t be traced back to you.”

“I thought you might ask for them.” Aemilia reaches into her oversized purse and pulls out another book identical to the first. She hands everything over to Art.

“Is everything there?” Art accepts the huge book.

“Everything is there, except one of my pistols. I lost it on the mountain that I died on.” Aemilia left it there so everyone could identify her body.

“Okay. I can have your new gear ready for pick up by the end of the week. I take it you’ll be visiting family while you’re in England?” Art knew several Bounty members who would like to talk with Aemilia.

“Yes, I’ll be visiting some of my family members who know about my change, but I’ll be keeping others in the dark.”

“You know, sooner or later someone is going to figure out who you are.” Art knew many members of the Bounty family.

“I know, but with some help from certain members. I can keep my new identity quiet until I die.” Aemilia didn’t want to let everyone in her family know she was still alive, because it would alert her enemies.

“Still, it's good to know I was right about you being dead.” A smile appears on Art’s face.

“Just keep it secret, Art. I have a family now, and I don’t want anything to happen to them.” Aemilia was worried about Akari, Little Joe, and Sophia.

“You know me, Aemilia. Nothing can make me spill any secrets I have.” Art would rather die before he betrays everyone he has helped. That even meant sacrificing friends and family.

“I know.” Aemilia kisses Art’s cheek and uses the secret exit from the workshop.

After leaving the bookstore, Aemilia visits a few other shops that cater to high-class ladies like herself. There were a few items she had been thinking about buying. Some for herself and some for Akari. She already thought about a gift for Little Joe.

Aemilia does some shopping and later has lunch at a high-end restaurant. She thinks about what she is getting herself into and wonders if she is making a mistake. After Aemilia finishes eating and is walking away, she spots a young person watching several people at an ATM. It looked like the person was holding something in their hand while waiting in line.

She stops and watches for a while. A smile appears on Aemilia’s face as she watches the person step up to the ATM and keep their head down to prevent the camera installed from recording them. The person inserts a card into the ATM that has a cord connected to it and starts pressing buttons on the device.

Aemilia walks over to the young person and taps them on the shoulder. The person turns around quickly and notices a young woman dressed nicely. She was ready to run off, “Don’t run, you won’t get far.”

“Are you sure?” Anne looks at the woman standing before her.

“I’m sure.” Aemilia had her stun gun in her hand.

Anne looked down at the woman’s purse and noticed a stun gun in her hand. She looks back up at the woman, “What do you want?”

“Not here, I want you to come with me and tell me about your situation.”

“Why should you care? No one else does.” Anne wonders if she could get away from this woman before she pulled the trigger.

“Because I’m not everyone else. Also, if you hadn’t noticed, we’re drawing a crowd right now. So, let’s get walking. I promise you, you’ll come to no harm.”

“Fine.”

Aemilia leads the person away while watching her. She could tell the person had a slight limp.

“So, who are you?” Anne wanted to know who this woman was.

“A person who is trying to keep you out of trouble.” Aemilia takes the young person to a nearby fast-food place.

“Order what you want. It’s on me.” Aemilia gestures towards the computerized menu.

Anne pressed several buttons for the food she wanted. She hated that some fast-food places were using computerized menus instead of a person taking your order. When she finishes, the mysterious woman who stopped her pays for her order.

A few minutes later, her order is ready, and they retrieve it. They walk over to the table and sit down.

Anne looks at the woman, “What do you want?”

“Eat first, then we’ll talk.” Aemilia wanted to see if her guess about this person was right.