Betrayal was a taste of bitterness, like a poisonous pill that left a metallic aftertaste and slow-killing effect. Betrayal comes unexpectedly, you're never going to expect it until it strikes against you in full force.
The most painful one of all was the betrayal from people that you have interacted with and didn't expect such from. Lu Shang felt the burn of deception in his chest, a pain that spread like wildfire. He had interacted and trusted Feng Lei a little and now that trust in his heart he held for him had scattered like a broken mirror into tiny pieces that were impossible to arrange back into one big piece.
Feng Lei stood on the thick branch of the tree, surveying Lu Shang with a mocking grin as blood seeped from the wound on his chest. Lu Shang glared up at him with fire in his eyes, his face twisted in a snarl. "You shameless traitor!' he spat out blood that had formed in his mouth. 'How could you do this to me?"
