#Chapter 274 Uncertain Trust

Tessa’s POV The drive back to the city was long and exhausting. It felt weird returning without Ruby, and it felt even weirder knowing that the vampire council knew exactly where I was. Joseph had told me that I could trust them, but I wasn’t so sure. It was hard to believe that a group of elite vampires could be trusted after everything I had been through. If they could really be trusted, wouldn’t they have stopped Ryan from doing what he had done? I’m assuming they knew exactly where all their vampires were and what they were up to. So, where has this council been this whole time? Still, Amayah knew my grandmother and my grandmother trusted her with the knowledge of the Heavenly Heart. I wondered why. My questions were never really answered, and it left an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomach. “Penny for your thoughts,” Joseph said, breaking through the silence and nearly startling me. I looked over at him and saw that his eyes were still on the road, but he was watching me