Damon stares at her like she's lost her damn marbles. He folds his arms across his chest as he tilts his head to the side, staring at her.

"You've heard the opposite of the truth then, and your brother was a big part of disrupting the peace, spilling blood of people Elena loves." Adding to the people she has to grieve over. Damon did the same. He doesn't absolve himself at all. "Of Elena herself."

And that's why he doesn't trust her or her family, that's why he doesn't rely wholly on this agreement between the two of them.

"That's just the start, of course, but my worries aren't off base."