#Chapter 203 The Ring of Fire

Joseph’s POV

“It will be nice to have you return to the mountains full-time,” Bernard said as we walked back toward the Vamp House.

I spent most of the morning going over the dos and don'ts with the new additions to our tribe. They didn’t like my lecture, but they weren’t stupid enough to argue with me. They knew if they continued to act the way they did, I wasn’t opposed to punishing them.

I could even send them back to the academy for another 4 years if I thought they needed it.

They were quick to agree with everything I said after I threatened them with that.

Bernard’s words slammed into me like a weight; I hadn’t really talked to him about my plans after I was done being a professor. I planned to return to the mountains and continue my duties as a retriever and vampire trainer. But that was before Tessa came into my life.

Now everything felt different.

“About that—” I tried to say, but my words were cut short when Bernard’s body tensed, and his hand shot up to silence me.

I narrow