Virtues Vices Novels & Stories

“Then stop talking and prove it.” Their clothes scattered like debris in a storm. He devoured her—mouth, teeth, tongue—a frenzy of lust and punishment. He left marks, bruises, evidence of possession across her skin like a signature. She returned each bruise with nails, with moans that dared him to go harder, faster. It was war. It was sex. It was something unholy and addictive. By the time they collapsed—sweat-slicked and breathless—her body ached, but it wasn’t enough. It would never be enough.

The pace gradually built to harder, more primal strokes. Finn drove into her with more force, his hips slapping against her thick thighs. Her voluptuous body jolted against the trellis each time. Her full breasts bounced heavily, nipples brushing against his sweat-slicked chest. Ophelia clawed at his back, her nails raking down his skin and leaving red welts. The sharp sting only made Finn fuck her harder.

index finger. He could sense that these coins were worth a lot to Amon. It was not about the material value, Louis also suspected it. Amon put both hands around Louis. "Humility, charity, chastity, patience, moderation, benevolence and diligence." Amon listed and Louis knew what he meant by that. It was the seven virtues of heaven. Godric knew this too, since these virtues were officially written down. “Are these coins supposed to represent this? Then you didn't really do that. ", Said Louis, Godric also had to nod this one time. Amon really wasn't an example of heavenly virtues. This laughed caught out. "I know. But look. ”With these words Amon turned all the coins over. Godric wondered wh

I said softly causing him to look over at me surprise on his features at my change in tone. "Real name is Kateus, also known as the sin of envy, due to jealous tendencies and grudges" I said taking a deep breath. "One of the main downfalls in humanity is the want for what others have making him one of the most dangerous sins because it doesn't matter who gets hurt in the process the only thing that is a priority is his own want to be better and higher then anything and everyone else around him" I said causing him to look almost ashamed.

“Oh, I’m sorry.” “There is no need to worry. My name is Micah, and I am your brother. I’m one of the Virtues, like you. I’m humility, and Sariah is Diligence,” Micah explains. He’s so calm, while my mind is whirling. I’m Temperance, a Virtue created by the Moon to give mortals morals and a healthy way to live. Thought told me so myself. And surrounding me, are two others, who I have never met, but who just saved my mind. I’m not as surprised as I thought I would be. In fact, I’m relieved I’m in their presence.

Naturally, he won with ease. "I've cleared two trials. Just two more to go, and I'll finally get to meet that guy," Felix said. There were three trials left, namely pride, envy, and greed. Based on their names alone, Felix wasn't entirely confident about any of them. He had long known about the seven deadly sins and had read various interpretations. While they seemed distinct, their core concepts were actually quite similar. For example, Greed and Envy might seem alike, but they were fundamentally different.

He pulled up an old Founders' document, its text faded but legible, a list of seven words arranged in a careful circle. MEMORY. TRUTH. SACRIFICE. COMPASSION. WISDOM. COURAGE. LEGACY. "Jonathan didn't build seven trials to find seven versions of the same hero," Isaac said. "He built them to find seven different kinds of people. Different virtues. Different strengths. No single person was ever meant to hold all of it alone, that's the entire philosophy behind everything we've survived tonight." "So which virtue did each of us already answer for?" Gabriel asked.

Bravery. Ennoia. Intelligence. Episteme. Knowledge. Sophia…Wisdom. The sisters exchanged superior glances. “She’s thinking,” Ennoia muttered with a smirk. “Oh, how adorable,” Arete added mockingly. “Look at her little brain working.” Episteme folded her arms. “Careful, Manolya. Thinking too hard might hurt your head.” Sophia tilted her head, studying me like prey deciding whether to run. “You won’t figure it out,” she said calmly. “You don’t even understand what a virtue truly is.”

" Wouldn't that mean that V1 and V2 aren't stable?" " I guess so... but maybe because of all the drama that's going on or that they are hiding it from her? Maybe that's why V0 doesn't do anything about it?" " Hmmm... So if V1 is sloth, V2 is lust, V4 is wrath, V5 is pride, V6 is gluttony and you are greed." " Which makes either V3 or Kaen envy. " " I can't see Kaen as the envy type. .. If you ask me, the way he acted when V1 piss him off was definitely a low level of wrath and he does come off as prideful once in a while." I pointed it out.

"Look, Buttercup, forget what you know of religion, most of it is superstition, anyway. Think of life in terms of good and evil, not actions, but motives. A man kills another man to steal his money. That's evil. Now, say a man shoots and kills someone to protect his family. That's not evil, even though the act is the same. Motive makes an act evil or good. That's the basic difference between the Way and the Void. You did something that changed your motives, and Vargas sent the gargoyles after you." The girl stared at the bed with her chocolate eyes. She still had that deer-in-the-headlights look about her. Rhychard couldn't blame her. Gargoyles attacked her, a sword fight saved her, and a co