Love, lust, infatuation; all could be weaponized in the right hands. They were among the easiest emotions to prey on, to exploit. Which was why I avoided such trappings.
Some of the most logical beings I knew became unhinged when their loved ones were threatened.
I’d seen what happened to Pride and Gluttony when they focused more on romance than their courts. Even Wrath and Envy had been preoccupied for a time, and it almost cost them everything.
Greed had his own casual liaisons that were whispered about, but his primary focus remained on fueling his sin above all else.
And Lust… he was caught up in idiocy every other week, always lounging around my House of Sin, seeking out advice he never put into practice.
I refused to end up in such a loathsome predicament.
My affairs were simple exchanges of mutual need and release based on physical desire, not emotional entanglements. I also needed a strong mental connection above all else. If my mind wasn’t engaged, my body would never be.
I'm just gonna have my snacks and wait till the end of the book so that I can laugh in his face and say, "Your mind and body are both engaged. You've fallen prey to the very trappings you wished to avoid and are now forever stuck in the loathsome predicament you refused to end up in. Now go join Wrath, Envy and Gluttony in the simps corner."
