"Can't say I blame you now...." The blond breathed out at the comment from her best friend about why she had never stayed in one place for long. Part of her wanted to do that, to just run and run but she was too important. If she ran away from her guards she would probably die and if she didn't she was going to go insane very shortly. Having Cecily around would help, if her friend was open to making that choice but Dawn would never pressure her; certainly not to live a life she herself hated so much.<br/><br/>Dawn hugged her old friend again, tightly, knowing that Ce would struggle just as much with the loss of her parents as she herself was doing. Maybe with Ce's help they could track down her father and have a hope of figuring out just what had happened with her mother. That was part of her desire to leave behind the Courts as well, to come back to D.C. She wanted to feel herself again, even just a little and having her best friend around in a place that was full of memories with her parents was helpful to that end.<br/><br/>She laughed herself at Ce's comment about her being a totally hot princess. Perhaps.<br/><br/>"Want to help me deal with mine? Stubborn men that is." She laughed, though it was a weak one there. What would Cecily make of moody Connal who thought he had the right to tell her what to do about everything? And Roarke who was so different from what everyone thought she should be with? And Gwydion, the rockstar Harper Prince. It was all too much sometimes. And she wasn't even thinking about the other men. Or her fucking 'father'.<br/><br/>"Mmhm Thor..." she sighed at the thought, happy to be distracted. She let herself be pulled into the hug and just sighed, staying there before she started to giggle, at her friend's comment, at the fact that she had gotten Cecily nearly soaking wet.<br/><br/>"Well if you will join me Ce I say we go inside and I give the men hell and we get out of the wet clothes. And maybe I'll invite the guard that looks like Thor in so we can lick him all over after...." She winked at her friend, finding some humor now. It was impossible to not be cheerful with the other woman around and she really did have a body guard who looked ridiculously like Thor from the new movie. The blond pushed herself up to her feet and offered her friend her hand to aid her in standing.<br/><br/>The bushes to her right rustled but she ignored it until a tall man stepped out of the brush to bow to them both; he had hair the color of deep forest loam and eyes like ivy, even with the pattern a bit. He had been some nature deity, or was still, something. "We are glad your friend joined you my Lady, you seem happier for it."<br/><br/>Dawn forced a smile on her lips, gave him a nod. "I am, she's been a dear friend for many years. Thank you.."<br/><br/>"Jayient, or simply Jay. We only met just before the plane trip so do not feel guilty for forgetting." He provided his name cooly even as he collected her towel, phone and hair tie and gestured for them to go back down the path toward the house. Right, the moment she mentioned seeing one of the men the one secretly watching her appeared. She glanced at Ce with a resigned expression.<br/><br/>"Ready Ce darling?"