Rose was up early the next day and began packing up her life. Her parents arrived early and met her for breakfast. While eating Rose told them everything from when Dimitri brought them back to the academy to the day when he and Lissa broke her heart. Rose told Abe and Janine that being a guardian just wasn't in her anymore and she wanted a life for herself, she wanted to be number one for once. Abe and Janine said they totally understood and would support her in any way they could.
Abe was mumbling that he would love to get ahold of Belikov but Rose said he wasn't worth it and neither was Lissa since she couldn't even support her supposed to be best friend. While having coffee, Adrian and Christian joined them. As they were getting ready to leave Dimitri and Lissa walked in, everyone gave them dirty looks as they walked by them. Lissa looked hurt stopped to say something to Rose but Rose pretended that she didn't hear her and continued to talk with her family, so Lissa and Dimitri kept on walking until they left the same way they came in.
Christian and Adrian said goodbye to Janine and Abe and Rose told them that she would be in touch with them before she left. After the boys lefts, Rose and her parents walked back to Rose's apartment. Abe told Rose that he was setting up a checking account and he would be giving her a car as well. Rose began to protest but Abe gave her his deadly glare so Rose didn't argue she knew it would get her nowhere. After Abe ordered Rose a car he told her that he and her mother had to leave tomorrow morning so they helped Rose pack up her belongings. By late that evening Rose was all packed and her new car arrived, it was a Red Audi R8 Spyder and her father put enough money in her account that would last her for the rest of her life.
When her parents left the next day, she promised them she would let them know where she ends up and she also promised them that she would keep up with her training in case anything comes about. When Abe's jet left, Rose went back to her apartment and wrote all her friends goodbye letters, she even wrote one to Dimitri and Lissa. In Dimitri's letter she told him how much he broke her heart but it was true what he said about "loves fades" because she was pretty sure her love for him was fading and told him not to worry that he would never have to see her ever again. In Lissa's letter she told her she couldn't believe she would pick a virtual stranger over her best friend and she just didn't have it in her anymore to put someone else's life ahead of hers, so she was leaving and would never see her again and don't to bother to try and look for her since she wouldn't be found. In Adrian's, Christians and Eddie's letter she told them how much she loved them and was going to miss them and when she finally gets settled in they could come and visit.
The next morning after she stored her stuff in storage that she doesn't need at the moment she packed her stuff in her car and went to find Adrian and Christian. She found them with Eddie eating breakfast; she joined them for the last time. After they finished she handed them their letters and asked them to give Lissa and Dimitri theirs. They said they would so they walked Rose to her car, they hugged and said their goodbyes, they all had tears in their eyes but they knew that Rose had to go and find herself. Rose waved goodbye to her friends and watched through her rearview mirror as her 3 friends waving to her disappeared.
When Rose was out of sight, Adrian, Christian and Eddie decided to wait a few days before they would deliver the letters to Lissa and Dimitri.