Vivian Walking after, the same guard that escorted me before, I was completely lost in my own thoughts. The empress words kept replaying in my head about what the Cliffwind's must be going through right now... and I got this sinking feeling that I probably had made too many rash decisions. A few weeks back, when I first left Cliffwind's, I was sure that I was done with them for good. Sure, I knew that a part of me would always love them for what they did for me and that there would always be a connection between us because they were my parents... or at least as close as one could become to being someone's parent over the years. But they hurt me. They hurt me so much that I am not sure that I could ever really forgive them. Not that I think they would ever ask for forgiveness. In their

