Betrayal By Family Novels & Stories

I didn’t understand what I had done to deserve so much heartache and pain in my life. “Sweetheart, I know it hurts right now, but it will get better,” the nurse said in a soothing voice as she checked my vital signs. Gabriel’s head snapped up at this, not having realized that I was awake. He gently stroked my hair putting on a brave face while out in public but I could tell that he was shattered. Despite his protest that he did not want any more children less than a year ago, I knew he was beyond excited with our pregnancy. My body had let him down just as much as it had let me down. It had betrayed both of us. The surgeon was in to talk to us but I didn’t hear a word she said. I was lost in

“We wouldn’t go that far, Justin, if you agree with my terms. My parents' properties were not of much use to you. Just give them back to me.” “They’re truly small compared to our properties but those properties were barely enough if sold to repay the damage you caused my family after betraying us with the multi-billion dollar project I've entrusted to you.” “You know that I never did that. I don’t even know how to run things around here and even if I do, I could have never even done it. Why would I even betray my family? Huh? How could I even betray you, Justin.” “You have all the reason because you hated being married into my family from the very beginning.”

I was tugging my hand trying to break the chain from the cuffs but it was useless, I was the fake sex toy cuff, but a real stainless steel kind, "Doesn't make sense Anthony, save your strength, I've tried", I could hear the sad news in her voice. "I can't believe none of this bullshit right now, I feel so betrayed by you and then there is Natz and Brad, don't you guys know what loyalty means?!, we are going to die because of things your fucking forefathers did, and I have to pay for sins I never knew I was apart of, I swear to god! This wedding is off is we survive this, we are so fucking done",

Or was it her father, the figure she held in the highest regard, her sole family, her pillar of strength, who she was willing to sacrifice her own happiness for, only to be betrayed? “You can't be the man I knew all along,” The anguish in her voice was palpable, a mixture of sorrow and disbelief that hung heavy in the air. Each tear that fell carried the burden of shattered trust and broken dreams. The betrayal had pierced her soul, leaving her quaking with a profound sense of loss and disillusionment.

Betrayal through trust. My stomach twisted sharply. “What kind of information?” I repeated quietly. Mom’s throat bobbed once before she answered. “Meeting locations. Patrol routes. Safe houses.” The room tilted slightly around me. It wasn't physical, but emotional, because suddenly, this stopped sounding like mythology and started sounding horrifyingly human. Trusting people. Being betrayed. Families turning on each other. Takoda looked away toward the dark kitchen windows. His profile looked carved from tension now. I stared at him. “Your family died because of that?”

“I… I will not go against you again. I swear. Alter will… he will obey. We will submit. Please give us a way to live…” For the first time, regret consumed her. She and Alter should have remained insignificant parasites feeding quietly off the enormous family. They should never have reached for what would never belong to them. Their greed had driven them into betrayal, into selling out the very family they relied on. And no one understood better than the Salvaria family that traitors always faced death. Mary looked at Amnesia, her eyes empty, as if Amnesia’s life was worth no more than dust clinging to her sleeve.

"Working in the shadows to coordinate your downfall, my family members were part of the scheme." Ivory's eyes become fixed and I could see the flutter of fury and wrath blazing behind them. In that instant, I worried that the trust we had developed that which had been so meticulously nurtured would be irreversibly broken. "Why?" she said, her voice scarcely veiled in wrath. "Why would they do such behavior? How did I ever earn such betrayal?" The questions loomed large, their weight choking me with remorse and shame for the deeds of my family. How could I possibly respond, when the truth was so twisted and complex that even I found it difficult to understand?

“It seems like he has been working against you.” His expression blanked, no longer able to read what was behind those onyx eyes. For the first time, Lazarus strewed in silence, a clear blockage between us. “Family can betray you; I know that better than anyone else.” His sorrowful eyes locked on mine, swirling with disdain. “I told you Ma Cherie, I’m no stranger to betrayal.” Guilt clung to soul, squeezing my heart because I was one of those people. I betrayed him the moment I decided to join The Rebel’s Creed.

“I saw her in the dungeon while coming this way and one of your minions told me what had happened.” Lucas exhaled in regret, shaking his head. “I’m sorry.” Modi continued. “I understand what you’re going through.” “Why does betrayal always reside with me?” Lucas asked in a small voice that sounded hopeless. “First it was my sister, Kara. Then my right-hand man, Raul. My little sister, Hayley; and now my ow luna.” He bit his lips in fury. “Don’t hurt yourself, Lucas. I can’t explain why your family is involved with betraying you, but I can tell you that there has to be an explanation for all of it and it may not be what it seems.”