Hi! I hope everyone is doing good, I totally forgot my story until the other day when kldpr72 favorite the story and I realised how much I missed writing. I'm waiting on brain surgery and have really been feeling bad so thank you all for reading even if I kinda let the story down.

As I reread the story I noticed that maybe it was unclear that they are at court but Rose will be leaving anyway. Do you prefer more details about scenery and minor details, let me know - my plan isn't to go all in details as that isn't what I look for when reading. But I'm open to learning what most people prefer!

Chapter two.

Out in the courtyard I looked at the night sky, there were some stars - I really missed seeing all the bright stars, just being away from all the lights, closer to nature. I still felt light somewhat reborn at twenty-one and let me tell you that is a strange feeling. Freedom doesn't come without planning that's for sure, for two years I worked hard to save money without really knowing why but now I have myself covered for some time even though I have Abe with his ridiculous amount of money at my disposal. I know that I would have to use them eventually to achieve my goals but for now I want to enjoy relying only on myself.

It was a couple of hours until dawn and my plan was to be leaving court by sunrise so I had to tell Chris, Eddie, Adrian and Mia about my leave, pretty sure I had to tell Lissa too. Probably wasn't gonna do me any good pissing her off even more although the petty side of me really wanted to.

First my friends, finish packing and then the prinsess I decided, I had planned a get together at our usual Cafe cause I already knew that no matter what Croft said I would be leaving. They were seated in the back corner with orders in hand even mine was there, with these people I knew what I was in for and they were not going to be happy with my news although Adrian probably already knew, that sneaky bastard always knew.

I said hi as I approached them and sat down, they were looking at me curiously because it wasn't like me to ask everyone to meet. I took a deep breath "I'm leaving court, handed in my resignation today and officially I'll be on vacation for two weeks but after that it'll be known I'm no longer a guardian."

Silence. Shock and disbelief showed and of course one face had the look of complete smugness to it, he already knew... why hadn't he said anything? I decided to continue my explanation since no one seemed to have anything to say but didn't really know how honest I was comfortable being.

"I.. I'm not happy here, this is not what I'm meant to do. The constant confinement of royal mentality is really wearing on me, it's holding me back. Please don't get me wrong I love you guys but it's not enough if I'm completely honest. You know me, you know how passionate I feel about what I love, I have dreams and plans that I want to fulfill and it can't happen here."

First one to speak was Mia, in a small oh so small voice she said: if you leave now they won't let you comeback, will they? And I felt her sadness in my heart, I understood what she was feeling, she barely had anyone except us. And after that Chris, Eddie and Mia all spoke at the same time until Adrian raised his voice.

"Stop. Just stop! Please have you not had a good look at her the last couple of months? She has dark circles under her eyes, she lost weight, can any of you remember when you last heard her laugh or even saw her smile!? Because I can't! I'd rather she be happy than stay here, I support you, I'll visit wherever you are and I'll expect a call every hour." At my raised eyebrows he changed it "okay okay fine every day, no? At least a couple of times a week?" I had missed his ramblings of a mad man, the conversations where he basically talk for me and to himself.

I knew I didn't smile anymore, it felt wrong but this time my cheek muscles pulled upward and I didn't stand a chance against my genuine smile when I looked at him. I looked down at the table and continued my already planned speech "I was hoping for support however I understand that you didn't see this coming and I know you have been busy but I have been living in hell for months. Truth bomb coming your way, I'm leaving regardless of your thoughts and feelings. But I know you and you will come around when the shock passes."

This time Chris spoke "when are you leaving? Do you know where you're going? Will you be alone?" His concern rang true and clear, since he and lissa broke up we've become great friends, we speak every day in one way or another, train and I probably should have told him about this sooner but I needed to keep it close to heart.

"Today at sunrise, I'll go pack the last of my stuff and tell the prinsess I'm leaving. I have some ideas but I'll go visit Abe in turkey first, my traveling and fulfillments need to be done alone so yes I will be alone but I'm a highly skilled talker so any kidnapper will hate me." Last part I said with a wink and a smile because he knew exactly how deadly I was in combat.

I made a move to stand up after that and was almost run over by Mia, she hugged me hard while telling me she loved me, supported me and some day she would be as brave as me. Next up was Adrian, Chris and last Eddie, he had tears in his eyes, nodded gave me a big hug and I whispered in his ear that one day in the future I would be calling on him to join me raise hell outside of these walls. That earned me a laugh and a can't wait.