Betrayed Quote by Tracy Anne Warren

““Gabriel, I do know who you are, and none of the rest matters to me." She drew a breath. "You are a decent, brave, intelligent man who hides his kindness away where others cannot see it. But I do see it. It is in the kindness you show the servants and the animals. I feel it every time you kiss and touch me. You were treated abominably as a child, first by parents who ought to have loved and protected you rather than destroying each other in pursuit of their own selfish desires. Then again by a monster who should have cared for you and nurtured you when you were grieving rather than hurting you even more. You lost your brother and were betrayed by a girl to whom you had promised your love and by whom you had it cruelly rejected. But in spite of all that, you're the man you are today. A man with a good heart even if he wants the world to think it is black." "Maybe it is black and you are mistaken," he said. She shook her head. "No. In all the ways that count, you are a good man, Gabriel Landsdowne. You're not a saint, but who wants a saint? Only think what a great bore you would be then." The corner of his mouth twitched, a glimmer of the darkness receding from his eyes.””

— Tracy Anne Warren