"This is a good part of the reason I've been keeping close to home, lately," he admitted with a nod. "The temptation is always there. The whispers of the power she could lend me." He shook his head and looked down for a moment, collecting himself. "I've told Jax to do whatever she has to do, if I give in." He raised his gaze to look at her, and there was a sadness there, a helplessness he didn't know how to deal with.
"But so far I'm winning out. I resisted her after CORE's pathetic little stunt with the pictures. I'm not going to give in. But I know you would understand, so I thought you should know what I'm dealing with." Maybe it was selfish of him, to want others to know, but at the same time it was selfish of him not to tell them. Lasciel was ultimately his problem, but her presence in his life could affect others, and especially those closest to him.