Deliciously so.

This almost reminds me of Sam and Noah in Queen of Seven.  The older brother is abusive to the younger one, but the younger one still thinks he’s the only one who cares.

It seemed a little odd to me that Faolan would actually be angry enough to do harm, after Tiergan went ahead and, er, did whatever he was supposed to in regard to the nameless lady.  I see that he doesn’t, but that Tiergan actually believes he might . . . odd.  Intriguing, though.