Tessa’s POV
I stared at Joseph, feeling a mixture of rage and hurt.
I couldn’t believe he was keeping this stuff from me. All those times he told me his meetings with the Nightwalker police have been boring and uneventful, he’s been lying to me. I wanted to yell at him and curse him out, but all I could do was stare at him with such shock.
He still looked angry though, maybe even a little annoyed.
He also didn’t answer my question, which was infuriating to me.
“What did you do, Joseph??” I asked again, pressing my lips firmly together.
“I manipulated her mind into thinking it was all fake,” Joseph answered, keeping his red eyes on mine. “I couldn’t have her going around and talking nonsense about vampires.”
“So you basically gaslit her?” I asked, furrowing my brows together. “She’ll
