Perhaps the most tragic thing about being betrayed is how it feels like your entire world has come crashing down.
You trusted Ercole Creighton with your life and yet, he was the one who took everything away from you. It's hard to describe the pain of being betrayed by someone you considered a friend, and yet Ercole stood over you, grinning as he watched you suffer.
He was the one person you depended on, and in the end, he was the one who turned his back on you. It was almost as if he was enjoying your pain, as if watching you suffer was entertaining to him. When everything was taken from you, you couldn't help but feel helpless and hopeless, like there was nothing left to hold on to. Ercole had truly destroyed all sense of security and stability you once knew.
The irony was that he had promised to protect you, but in the end, he was the one who brought you the most pain and suffering.