Novel & Cerita My Brother Betrayed Me

His forehead dropped to my neck, his breath still uneven, his hand slowly moving up into my hair, tangling in it. “I lost everything today,” he murmured. His voice had changed. Not sharp. Not commanding. Just… tired. I shifted slightly beneath him. “The warehouse? The fight? Or…” “No,” he said, pulling back just enough to look at me. “My brother. Malder.” My breath caught. “I had to do it,” he continued, his jaw tightening. “He betrayed us. He set everything in motion. He’s the reason you were taken.” A pause. Then quieter—

And then, as I shook feverishly, I realized something that sent another jolt through me. My brother has betrayed me in the worst way possible and I wasn't sure if I could come back from it.

Investors started shifting, whispering, comparing specs right in front of us. My father appeared at my side, his face flushed with barely contained fury seeing the situation unfold. “Handle this immediately, Mikayla,” he hissed close to my ear. “Do not let them destroy what we’ve built.” I nodded, but my attention had already locked onto Sebastian. He was sweating profusely despite the heavy air conditioning, his face pale and his usual confidence gone. The pieces finally clicked into place. He was involved. The only questions left were how deeply and who inside Stonefield had betrayed us by leaking the blueprints.

ORION sidled up to him. Too late, I recalled the postscript from my stalker’s last note: Don’t trust ORION. I’d been playing. I was a fool. Soon to be a dead fool. I just couldn’t wrap my brain around the idea that my own brother would betray me, much less the reality of it. I’d kept us safe. I’d struggled, fought, and overcome so many obstacles to keep us alive. How could he throw all of that away? How could he turn on me like this? I didn’t understand…

Surprise morphs to realisation, and then to hurt, pain, and disappointment before he looks away. “There’s really something about you Arkan that is different. This is the second time I took a chance…” he mutters, more to himself as he tries to smile through the betrayal. Betrayal. He betrayed me. He killed my brother! My only family! He lived and walked past that photograph of my brother every single day, although he was his killer! Who does that? My head is pounding violently as I raise the gun again. This ends today. “Goodbye, Zion.”

Wait for her to look at him with betrayal in her eyes. And then… when the cracks between them grew wide enough, I’d be there. Smiling. You snatched everything from me leaving with nothing. And I will ruin your life. You underestimated me, my dear half brother.

A shaky sigh left me as another tear rolled down my eye. "H-he betrayed us, Adrian. He is working with Monet and his son, Zion." Confusion etched between his brows. "What do you mean?" "You remember the betrayer I told you about in our house?" He gave a curt nod, his eyes not leaving mine. "Well, there are more than one. One of them is Robert. And the other one is…" My voice cracked at the end. I still couldn't believe my own brother would do that to us. "Alex?" He completed the sentence for me.

They had died believing I was their son, loving me as their own child, never knowing they were raising another woman's baby. And Dmitri. My best friend, my brother in arms, my greatest betrayer. He had known. When he looked at me, when he fought beside me, when he ultimately tried to destroy me, he had known that we shared blood. He had known I was his younger brother, and he had chosen to try to kill me anyway. The sobs came harder now, tearing through me like physical pain. I had thought I understood betrayal. I had thought I knew what it meant to be manipulated, to be used. But this was beyond anything I could have imagined.

Adeline interrupted as Raya tried to decline. "Adeline, are you there?" "Yes. I just wanted to see for myself. To see how far you two would go to betray me." Silence fell instantly. Raya said nothing, though the call remained active. "Adeline, I never meant to betray you." "You didn't mean to?" Adeline scoffed. "I didn't expect it either. Julian's mother came to my house to propose. You know... I already knew her, and—" "And you accepted, despite knowing about Julian and me? Don't try to deny it, Raya. If you knew... you should have told me if you had any shred of respect for me as family."

Emily stood there with Sean beside her. They had heard everything. Emily's expression was hard as she stared at Victor. “It's exactly what Richard did to my sister,” she said. “You betrayed your wife with another woman, and now you're standing here acting like your regret changes anything.” Victor lowered his head. Evelyn glared at Emily. “You should stay out of this, you little brat.” Emily laughed coldly. “Trust me, I don't involve myself in bitchy conversations.” She stepped closer. “But if I were you, I'd hide from the world.”