"Lets get you all to the base and onto that flight, all of you go with Miss Brooke-Bennett, check in with her family, then move on from there. That flight has already been approved, you can then work out between you all how you will support her next" Peter suggests and I know the idea has merit.

"Its a good idea" Ivo muses, looking at Per, who after a moment nods.

"Where is the plane flying to?" I ask, I was answering the family messages whilst listening into the conversation, getting ready to tell them we were coming to join them but bringing a guest.

"Jersey is the information I have" Peter said as Per says "France"

"No, the base definitely said the flight plan is to Jersey, I remember them joking about hitchhiking to warmer places" Peter tells her and we look at her face, its sheet white and she is shaking her head.

"Per, what's wrong" Topper ask her, moving forward to kneel at her feet, his focus on her. "Per, who is in Jersey?" he pushes her for an answer and she whispers out her response.

"The Vaughn Family, their estate is there, we have no home in Jersey, they told me France, at our villa"

"Fuckers!" Topper growls.

I stand up " Leave this with me" I grate out, turning to the ranger, wanting him and Mr Jones out of the dorm, I needed to hold Per, and I needed to make some damn phone calls.

"If you can arrange our transport to the base we would be grateful, by the time that is done we will have sorted everything out with her family" I tell him, "Perhaps you can give us some time to get our stuff together" I suggest and he nods.

"They can send an all terrain vehicle through to get you, the fastest it can get here is two hours, does that give you enough time?" he asks and I nod.

"Thank you" I step back and watch as Rupert shows them out before we are all back at her side. Rupert pulls her phone out of his pocket and unlocks it, his fingers opening the voicemail option and he looks at her before pressing play. "You need to hear what they say before you decide what to do next" he tells her and at her shaky nod, he presses play.

There are five calls each one more menacing that before, and we all listen as her mother's threats get harsher, on two calls we can hear her father in the background adding his comments and throughout all the calls, Per sits silently, her head bowed and her body frozen. I knew we all want to comfort her, to turn off the hate but she needs to hear her mothers words, to make the decision to come with us, where we can and will protect her.

"Come home with Us" Ivo asks softly at the end of the voicemails.

"We don't want to let you go" Rupert adds quietly

"Trust us, we won't let you down" Topper squeezes her hand in his.

"Per" I say and wait, till she lifts her gaze to mine. I can see the pain in her eyes, hell her whole body screams of the pain she is feeling now. "Per, for what ever reason before this break we did not notice you" I see my brothers eyes glare at me but we had to be honest with her, I knew any manipulation after what she had endured with her parents would be wrong, for her and for us. "But now we have found you and are getting to know you, we all want to know more"

She shakes her head, hers eyes on me, fear and excitement bleeding through the pain.

"We don't want you to pretend, just get to know us, you don't have to choose, in fact we all want you and would happily share"

"Share?" she asks her face flaming red and I grin at her.

"Yes share" I repeat "No pressure, we will move at your pace but whilst you are getting to know us, let us stand between you and your parents, we want to do this, and I know you can feel whatever it is that is drawing us all together" I stress.

Ivo pulls her into his lap and she squeaks at the movement before settling, her head up now and looking at us all.

"They are a nightmare" she whispers out and I grin, knowing she is not running and hiding, that she is willing to take a chance.

"We don't care" Ivo tells her, "Not as long as you are will to give us a chance, to see where this goes"

"They will not allow it, not if they know its all of you" she tells us quietly and after a shared silent conversation with my brothers, I nod at Rupert.

"It will be Rupert officially, he is the one with the best business connection, they wouldn't dare say no to him" I tell her.

"It feels wrong... lying about...Us" she stutters out and now we all smile.

"Its only until you are ready, then we would happily tell everyone" Topper assures her.

"i'm not sure", she mumbles suddenly, looking down again and worried "My parents could cause your serious problems, I don't want to do that"

"Thad, make the call" Ivo says, looking down at her.

His hand coming up to wrap into her long loose hair, gripping and pulling her head back so she cannot escape his gaze. "You are ours, every objection I hear is another link in your chains to us, we are not letting you get away from us and your family is of no consequence to us. The only way we will ever let you go is if you can say, hand on heart, you are not interested in us, any of us either individually or together" he growls at her and I watch her body melt against his.

Even if she found the strength to say the words, they would be lies, we wouldn't let her go now, we had seen her reaction and that was not of an uninterested person.

She stays silent, eyes wide and locked on Ivo's, his grip must tighten because she gasp's. Only for the sound to be cut off by Ivo's mouth covering hers as he kisses her.

When he pulls back, she is flushed and wild looking within his arms but she is not fighting.

"Thad!" Ivo reminds me and I grin before nodding and moving away to start organising our way home.

"Rupert, can you get her parents dealt with" Ivo prompt and he too grins, reaching for his phone he calls home, I hear snippets of his conversation as he talks with his father and know that his father will be calling Per's to arrange for her to join us.

Ivo is still holding Per on his lap when we rejoin them, Per's phone clearly on display and I know now we have to wait.

Ruperts phone goes first and he hits the speaker function and his fathers voice fills the room.

"Ru, I've spoken to the Brooke-Bennetts, they are happy for their daughter to come back with you, seemed very happy in fact, Son, I have to ask, but do you know what you are doing, these people have a reputation you know" he said.

My eyes went to Per's and I could again see the worry and fear setting in. I knew Ivo could feel it too, because as I watched her head went back and his lips were again on hers, then he's letting her go and grinning back at me as she settled down against him, looking bemused now.

Rupert finishing with his father soon afterwards after assuring him he knew what he was doing.

Per's phone rang next and with a shaky hand she reached for it but Rupert got there first, answering it and again putting it on speakerphone. Introducing himself, we all listened as he played his role of interested suitor, of how he had been shocked but glad to save her and how now they had contact with the outside world again how he would like to take her home to meet his family...

Her mother had gone from frosty to gracious when he had confirmed his family name and business, and we could hear a male voice in the background agreeing it would be a good thing for Per to go with him.

They didn't ask to speak to Per and I could see the acceptance of this in her face, she wasn't expecting any reaction from them for her, no how are you, no checking she was okay and again I felt my anger rise.

"I understand you have arranged a flight for Per to join you?" he asked and I heard the father saying he had cancelled it and grinned, that made things easier for us all, now just the...

"The ranger managed to make it to the campus today, he is the one who told us about the flight, we have had no power or phone signal till this afternoon, he is concerned about leaving Per in my care without your agreement..."

There was a murmur as more voices filtered through from their end. "We will deal with it" her mother said abruptly before softening again " And I do hope after the holidays we will be able to meet with you and your family" she said.

I watched Per grimace at her words but Rupert just smiled at her, "I cannot wait" he told her mother before they rang off.

"Thank you" Per said quietly, "All of you, thank you, and" she took a deep breath "I can't stop thinking about you, all of you and you are right, I am drawn to you, so yes I would like to see where this" she waves her hand between all of us "goes"

Rupert moves to her side and pulls her out of Ivo's lap into his "Good job too because we wouldn't have let you go anyway" he tells her and she giggles in his arms.

My phone then pings in my hand and I check the message, lifting my head to grin at them all. "Chopper is on its way, with permission to land here and take us to Edinburgh where the jet will be meeting us to take us to St Barts" I say and they all smile back, even Per.

"I will need to go to my dorm to get some clothes" she says, wriggling in Rupert's lap and I nod, sharing a glance with Topper and we both hold out hands.

"We will come with you, Ivo can you let Jones and Peter know?" I ask as we pull her up and away from a now grumbling Rupert, who had pulled a cushion over his lap as she got up.

"Ru and I will find them and let them know, then we just need to repack our cases, how long for the chopper?"

"An hour or so"

"Good, meet you back here" he laughs and watches as we bundle Per into her coat and boots and out the door.