"Sir, there is a man here to see Miss Brooke-Bennett" John the steward hovered at the door to the pool house.

"Do we know who?" I ask.

"A Mr Vaughn, he says he is a family friend"

I know Per is still upstairs getting ready, Topper and Ru had gone into town to get something and Ivo was up at the house, using fathers study.

"Where is he?"

The steward looks nervous at my tone. "He is in the front salon, Sir, should we have sent him away?"

"No John. it's fine, we just we were not expecting him. Give me a few minutes and I will be up, can you let Ivo know, and we will see him together"

"Yes sir" he heads back to the house and I groan, glancing back up the stairs, Do I tell her?

Damn it, I think as I climb the stairs finding her coming out of her bedroom, looking so damn beautiful I feel my whole body react and freeze. "Thad?" she questions softly seeing me stood watching her.

Do I? Don't I? Fuck. "Hey baby" I walk forward and pull her into my arms, loving the way she hugs me back. we have all come such a long way in such a short time, that it hits me how much she trusts us.

"Baby, you have a visitor at the house. I will deal with him, will you wait here for me?" I ask her, expecting her next question.

"Who?"

"A Mr Vaughn?" I tell her and see her face pale.

"Him, his father or his brother?" she asks and I pull back shocked, I didn't know, I had presumed it was him.

"It doesn't matter, I don't want any of them near you" I tell her and see her small smile at my words and then her hand cups my face.

"They can't hurt me, not anymore" she tells me and I smile back at her proudly.

"Baby, I know you could deal with them, but I really, really want to for you" I tell her, meaning every word, our girl was no shrinking violet and now she had us backing her, her confidence was growing stronger every day.

"I will give you half an hour, then I coming to find you" she agreed, leaning up to kiss me.

"Thank you" I whisper back, stealing another kiss before leaving for the house. Coming in from the terrace I head for the study first to collect Ivo.

"What kept you" he growled as I entered and I laughed, he knew exactly what had kept me, "Come on, lets go deal with this shit" he joins me at the door and we head for the front salon together.

"Who are you?" I ask stepping into the room, Ivo a step behind me to face the man asking for Per.

"Matthew Vaughn and you are?" he steps forward holding his hand out to shake but we ignore it.

"What do you want with Per?" Ivo snaps out and I see the tight look cross Matthew Vaughn's face.

"My brother wishes to talk to her, he wants to apologise, there was a misunderstanding" he tells us and I feel the first inkling something was wrong.

"Then why isn't he here?" Ivo asks as Matthew Vaughn smiles, but he doesn't look comfortable and I look around worried, taking a step forward so I am face to face with him.

"Where is your brother?" I grate out and he smiles again.

"He's around here somewhere" he replies and I shove him back, racing out of the room, Ivo on my heels as we rush back to the pool house.

I hear the crash as we race across the terrace and my heart jumps into my throat. Per!

Ivo and I throw ourselves through the doors, only to slide to a shocked stop at the sight in front of us. Per is standing over a man, the leg of one of the bar stools in her hand, clasped like a stake, the rest of the stool broken around him as he lays on the floor at her feet.

"Baby" Ivo says taking a step forward and she raises fiery eyes to ours and we both hiss at the sight of the bright red handprint on her cheek. "He hit you?" Ivo growled moving forwards, as I pulled my phone out of my pocket, calling the house managers office.

"Call the police, there has been an assault and detain Matthew Vaughn till they get here" I say ringing off and re-dialling my father.

"Dad, there has been a situation at the house, I've called the Police" I say and not explaining any further I hang up, knowing he would be on his way back.

"What happened?" I ask carefully watching as Ivo eases the stake out of her shaking hand, pulling her into his arms and away from her attacker. A quick glance told me he wasn't going anywhere soon, so I focussed on her.

"Per?" she lifted glittering eyes to me and sniffed.

"I was making a snack, I didn't hear him come in, not til he... " she shuddered, "Not till he touched my shoulder, I jumped back but the bar was behind me, he had me trapped against it" she took another deep breath "He was raging at me, that I had cost him and his family millions, that I had interfered and he was going to teach me a lesson... to teach me my place"

I wanted to kill the fucker lying behind us and I could see by Ivo's expression he wanted to do the same.

"I pushed him away and he fell back, so I tried to run past him, I was coming up to the house, but he grabbed me, and hit me" her hand raised to her red cheek and she winced. "I kicked him in the balls and he went down, he was telling me he was going to hurt me, make me pay. I don't remember grabbing the stool, but I hit him with it and it broke... and then he was on the floor" her voice trailed off and I knew she was feeling guilty and I wasn't having that.

"Baby, that piece of shit hurt you, you defended yourself, even if you had killed him, it wouldn't make any difference, you should not feel any guilt, this is his fault and only his fault" I tell her and Ivo releases her into my arms as she sobs.

"Sir, the Police are on their way" John tells me from the doorway, awaiting for instructions.

"Take this" Ivo kicked at Vaughn's now groaning form "Back to the house and hold him somewhere secure till they get here, and keep his brother away from him, don't let either leave" he instructs and we watch as John signals to two more stewards to grab Vaughn.

I tip her head back to look at her cheek, as Ivo grabs some ice and wraps it in a towel, carefully moving it against her and she moans in relief. "Thank you" she whispers to us, "Thank you for coming to find me"

I tighten my arms around her at her words, feeling her crawl into the deepest parts of my heart and mind. "We will never let you go baby. I love you" I whisper into her hair emotionally, Ivo coming up behind her to surround her body with ours, its the only thing we can do, hold her until everyone arrives.

My parents arrive at the same time as the police and I knew the others wouldn't be far behind, I had carried Per back up to the house and into my fathers study, to wait for them. I had heard the Vaughn's raised voices as I entered but ignored it, if I went near either of the Vaughn's I would want to kill them.

"What happened?" my father asked after he had introduced us to the Police officer in charge.

I recounted my part and held Per's hand as she told them hers, my fathers expression grim when he heard her statement, but turning furious at the officer's questioning after Per said she knew her attacker.

"Son, take Per and Ivo out please, your mother is probably in the kitchen, get her to look at Per's cheek" my father told me, ignoring the objections from the officer that he wasn't finished but I did as instructed, knowing Dad would make sure the Vaughn's got what they deserved.

"I'm staying" Ivo said exchanging a look with my father, who paused before nodding his agreement and I led Per out of the room.

"I don't want Ice, can we just go somewhere quiet, away from everyone?" she asked quietly and I could see the strain on her face, I nodded and taking her hand, led her deeper into the house and up the rear stairs to the attic.

"This was our play room, when we were kids" I tell her as I watch her move around the room, looking at everything, lifting and studying the occasional toy, then she found the photo albums.

"We all had cameras and for a couple of years we recoded everything, our schemes our adventures, we were spies, we are explorers" I told her with a smile, pulling her down onto the sofa and opening the album to see which year this was. "We were 13 in this one" I tell her and she smiles.

"There are more?" she asks and I nod.

"Theres probably 6 in total, Cecelia was very supportive of us making these, she supplied everything we needed and we put them together, then we got smart phones and everything was on our clouds, I haven't looked at these in years, god, look at us, we were so weedy looking"

She laughed and relaxed into my side as we flipped the pages and I explained some of our adventures behind the images."I bet there are some lovely photos of you" I say as she laughs at us all dressed in similar sailing clothes.

Her laughter stops and I look up to see the pain on her face, as a horrible though crosses my. mind. "There are photos of you, memories you can treasure, aren't there?" I ask hoping what I am now thinking is wrong.

A single tear escapes her closed eyes and trails slowly down her red cheek and I gather her back into my arms, rocking her as I try to understand how to make her feel better.

"Fuck them, fuck your parents" I whispered into her hair, knowing she can hear me as she still "We will make our own memories" I promise her, lifting her up, "Help me find the camera's they will be here somewhere" I order on a mission now.

"Thad" she whispered my name and leans up putting her lips to mine. For a second I wonder if its too soon after Vaughn attacking her, was I taking advantage of her when she was vulnerable.

"Thad stop thinking and kiss me" she demands, her hands twisting in my hair and pulling me head back down to her.

I stop thinking and go with it...

"Thad, will you make love with me?" she says, her lips against my neck as she pulls my collar apart baring more skin to her questing lips.

"Now?" I tease.

"Please" she raises her heated gaze to mine"

"Here?" I ask with a smile, taking a step back from her. She shivers at my look and nods, biting her lip. I step back again and turn the lock on the door, I don't want anyone interrupting us, not for what I want to do with her.

"Will you let me do what I want with you" I ask moving back in front of her and cupping her face in my hands.

"Yes" she whispers out and I grin.

"Anything, Do you trust me?" I press and she shivers again, her eyes wide as she nods.

"Tell me" I order.

"Yes, I trust you" she says clearly.

"And!" I prompt.

"You can do anything to me" she agrees and my grin widens.

"Strip for me" I order, taking a step back to give her space. Her eyes hold mine as she peels each piece of clothing from her body and lays it on the chair next to her, she is so naturally sensual and I undo my belt, pulling the soft leather free of my jeans and wrapping it around my hands.

Her eyes flare but she remains silent, waiting for me, for the next instruction. "Go to the window, face out and hands up" I growl and bit back my groan as she does as instructed. I know that no-one can see her up here, but she will feel exposed in the sunlight.

The sun shining is around her, creating the silhouette of an angel. I move up behind her and lift my belt, wrapping it carefully around her wrists, binding her and lifting her wrists slightly I lift the belt over the hook there. "Comfortable?" I growl in her ear, as I step back admiring her stretched form.

"Thad" she stutters out and I can hear the need in her voice. "Please"

"Spread your legs" I growl and watch her comply immediately.

"Do you know how beautiful you look right now, the sun kissing your skin, your pussy open for me, how do you feel?" I ask, stripping off my own clothes and wrapping my hand around my aching cock.

"I... I..." she stutters out and I knew she is embarrassed.

"Do you need me to touch you?" I ask, moving my body almost against hers, my cock resting against the small of her back, out only contact. She leans back against me seeking the contact, raising her self on her toes and angling her arse back towards me and I groan, dropping to my knees, may hands spreading her arse cheeks, lifting her onto her toes and opening her up to my tongue.

"Thad!" her wail fills the room and I grin, letting my tongue work through her wet pussy, teasing around her clit and probing deep into her hot wet hole, feeling her whole body jump as I like across her dark hole.

I let my fingers circle the tight ring and feel her body flutter in response "Do you like that?' I demand, biting as her plump arse cheek, when she does answer immediately.

"Yes" she cries out "Please Thad I want more"

"Tell me what you want me to do to you" I encourage, my fingers circling and probing both holes, spreading her wetness and pressing gently, as my mouth nibbles and bites at her arse.

I feel her surrender and the words come. "Fuck me, please Thad, I want you to sink you cock into me so deep I feel you everywhere, I want you to mark my skin so everyone knows i'm yours, I want you to make my scream your name loud enough that the whole island knows your name and then I want you to do it again and again until I can no longer move, breath or think without feeling you"

"Fuck baby" I lean my head against her lower back, feeling every word she says feed my inner caveman.

"Are you sure?" I had to check before I let my beast free.

"Take me Thad, Im yours" she agrees and I surge upwards, lifting her hips to mine, my cock stretching her full in one hard thrust , he upper body hanging on her rams, he feet off the ground as I pull her of and on my cock, each hard thrust causing her to gasp and spew filthy words of encouragement, my teeth latch onto her neck and I bit down, causing her body to shatter around my cock as the first orgasm hits, and throughout it all I keep thrusting hard, her body totally in my control, I twist slightly changing the angle and pushing one hand around her body, my fingers dipping between her legs and pinching at her clit as my cock rubs against her g spot with each thrust.

Her words have become babble as she body chases each high, my teeth have created a necklace of hickeys across her neck and as I push her through her third orgasm I feel my balls tighten and know It won't be long before I cum. I wasn't ready to, not just yet and I pull out leaving her crying my name, fear in her voice but its not for long, I lift her body up, unhooking her and twisting us both back to the sofa, her soft body landing under my harder one, her legs parting and wrapping around my waits, crossing at my back and urging me back into her.

"So good" she moans as I use my body to pin hers down and I claim her lips as I start stoking deep, building the pressure within both of us until she and I cum together, shouting each others names and we lay there in a sweaty, spent pile.

"I should move off you" I mumble to her but she shakes her head against my shoulder. "i'm squashing you" I remind her lifting slightly but her bound arms lift over my head and hold me to her.

"Please stay, I like the feel of you holding me down, I like the weight of you pressing me down, its makes me feel safe... anchored as if nothing can take me away from you" she whispers out and I settle back against her, pressing my pelvis into her, my cock starting to harden as I Free her wrists, rubbing each one where the belt has been. Each movement of our bodies reminding us of where we are still joined. I kiss each wrist and then her lips before gazing down at her.

"Can you still move?" I question and watch her smile widen as she realises what I am asking.

"Yes, I can still move" she says and lifts her hips against me "See" she grins.

I nip at her lips grinning back as I start to move, rocking my hips into her, "Well lets see if we can deal with that" I promise and we get lost in each other once again.