He gave her a look that a parent would to a petulant child. "Haven't you ever heard of the enemy of my enemy is my friend? But then again, you made Caroline become a vampire, Tyler a werewolf, Tyler's uncle Mason a werewolf...all to save your own hide from Klaus, right?" He shook his head. "And you wonder why we don't have faith in you."
Feeling her grab his shoulder, he looked at her, his eyes narrowed some and he stumbled slightly when Katherine jerked him back. His hand closed around the sprig of vervain he had in his pocket with his right hand where the ring in question rested. "Maybe I do, maybe I don't. What's it to you?" he demanded, glaring at her.