Two days later, Vivian left for the Coven community after repeatedly asking me to go back with her, insisting I wasn't safe in N.A. But I couldn't leave my friends behind. And I was happy here anyway. Alix, Adalyn, and I had stayed with her whenever we were free before she left. I found It sweet that Alix was willing to spend some time knowing my family when he had other things to do. I had been carrying the guilt of keeping Erix a secret from all of them, including the mind control problem. I was hoping to resolve it quietly with Vivian's help. The mind-control was the only proof we had that Karissa hadn't backed down. She had not shown herself to us yet. Honestly, I was worried that the reason she hadn't shown herself to us was that she was planning something big. I later been in the dark, especially when the lives of people I loved were in danger. I'd lost a friend because of her, I couldn't imagine losing another. It would kill me. Erix, to my shock, had also visited Vivian bef