betrayal stings

In the book  Brothers to the Death by Darren Shan Larten was being heavily influenced by his blood brother Wester. and not in a good way. Usually sibling influence should be good for us but both Larten and Wester are vampires. When they were young Wester's family was killed by a vampeneze. They are like vampires but they drink more blood. As a result he had such a hatred for the vampeneze that no matter what they said it could not be vanquished. In the end it led to Wester's death. 

Wester killed Alicia a woman Larten loved. Sylva Alicia's daughter however saw him and many years later when Sylva saw him again she told Larten that he was decieved. Wester betrayed Larten. he killed Alicia knowing that Larten would hate the vampeneze and speak out against them. He knew that larten had a high position in Vampire Mountain. So by killing Alicia he used her death and Larten's greif for his own agenda. And by doing so he betrayed his blood brother in the worst way.

When we trust someone the way larten trusts Wester we never expect the worst of them. 
when we are betrayed we find it harder to trust someone because we're afraid of getting hurt again. Larten felt hurt and betrayed in a way we can never understand unless we go through it ourselves. what is important is that if we ever get hurt like that it's how we deal that matters.

the cover of the book. that is Larten and his pet spider Madam Octa.