The Seven Deadly Sins: Origins

**The Seven Deadly Sins: Origins** is a short story based on Pride, Lust, Gluttony, Envy, Greed, Sloth, and Wrath of the Seven Deadly Sins. It is the first book of the second phase of the series in the Superhuman Society and Demon Introduction Arc. The book tells the events that happened after Petals In The Wind and ties directly into The Seven Deadly Sins & The Wicked Games! The Seven Deadly Sins: Origins was released on January 25, 2022. The book debuted on three Amazon ranks at once, including Dark Fantasy Horror. It is the final book of the series to fall into the category of short stories.

## Development

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origins was announced on July 22, 2021. The details of the plot remained unknown until 2022. On January 17, the book’s cover as well as the plot and release date was revealed.

## Synopsis

Taking place a few weeks before The Wicked Games, the Seven Deadly Sins: Origins follows Nate, Harry, Jacob, Timothy, Sebastian, and Olivia‘s journey to Earth to rescue their youngest sister and the Sin of Wrath from The SN Organization — a prison that is the home to many superhumans.

## Plot

Sebastian is hooking up with someone in the closet while the rest of the Seven Deadly Sins await his arrival. He exits and begins making his way to the throne room for a meeting. Upon arriving, the group jokes around before Nate reveals that Lucifer demands that he bring Zoie back to Hell. Upset at the back and forth, Olivia makes it clear that she is fed up with the constant back and forth between the two. Nate states that Lucifer wants him to bring the rest of the sins with him but the group is concerned due to their last visit to Earth which resulted into them being stuck in time (The Sinners). In the end, the group agrees to join Nate.

An hour after being in the same country as Zoie, the group, with the exception of Nate, are arrested after Olivia struck the female officer. Harry uses his power to take the arrest off of the officer’s mind and demands that the rest of the group find the location of Nate. Meanwhile, Nate finds himself at a hotel located in Beverly Hills. He enters and uses his power to force the front desk associate to give him the presidential suite. He meets Carl Tucker who works as an elevator operator. Later, he decides to purchase suits once again using his powers to get the items for free. He returns to the hotel and demands that Carl take his bags to his room and he will be rewarded. After seeing a car, he makes it his next to goal to get one but fails after the car salesman realizes that Nate knows nothing about cars or has a driver’s license. In anger, Nate prepares to kill the man but his heart gives out and the man dies resulting into Nate deeming humans as weak.

He returns to his suite and meets with Carl who is awaiting his reward. Nate allows Carl to enter his suite and demands that the man teach him how things work on Earth. Carl declines and asks for the reward but Nate says that he is the reward. Angry, Carl insults Nate but he ignores it and reveals his true identity. Carl runs home and returns days later after realizing that there is no escaping the situation. After removing his own night stand from his room, Nate gives Carl 10 minutes to ask any questions. In return, Nate reveals that they were created to bring sin to humanity being the opposite of the Ten Commandments. He says that it became their motive in 1964. The conversation is cut short when the woman from last night returns but Nate chokes her shocking Carl in the process. After demanding that she leave, Nate turns his attention to Carl and demands that he tells him what he knows about Zoie.

Hours later, Carl and Nate are at a restaurant and Nate refuses to pay once again. Carl reveals that the prison that Zoie is in is located in Seattle. As Carl continues to tell the information that he knows about Zoie, the rest of the Seven Deadly Sins arrive. Afraid of causing problems, Carl asks if they can leave but Nate ignores him completely aware of who they were. The group reunites with Nate introducing Carl to the rest of the sins. Elsewhere, Zoie is in prison without her powers. She is beaten, starved, and forced to lay in bed tied up. She asks about Kira’s burial but is denied and blamed for her death. Dr. Buford arrives and taunts Zoie before shooting her in the forehead. The next day, he returns with others and forces Zoie to undergo Electroconvulsive Therapy. Zoie tried fighting and her nose ends up bleeding in the process. She gives up on breaking out and hums along to the song that has been in her head.

Zoie’s unexpected nose bleed causes the rest of the sins to experience the same thing. Jacob offers Carl a contract to work with them permanently. Nate reveals that Carl knows too much so he has the choice to either sign the contract or die. Carl realizes that he doesn’t want to die so he agrees to sign the contract. Jacob reveals that the contract will have Carl join the Illuminati. In return, he will get whatever he wants in exchange for his soul. In the end, Carl signs the contract joining the Illuminati and sells his soul.

Sebastian is distracted by the TV. Carl reveals that the man on the screen is John Porter who is the headmaster of The Martial Academy which is a school for superhumans. He reveals that the academy was created to train superhumans with their powers. Later, a group appears of the screen. Carl reveals that the group is a government army that’s filled with superhumans and they go by the name of The League. There’s another group that’s apart of The League which contains 4 of the most powerful called The Masters. Nate sees Tobias confirming that the man is alive and apart of The Masters along with three others by the names of Sarah Moore, Sergio Martinez, and Kasey Miller. Carl reveals that Tobias is the most powerful one out of the entire group. Olivia feels that Tobias will cause problems once he realizes Nate but Carl reveals that Tobias has been brainwashed like the rest so he will not remember Nate. Suddenly, the group sees Simone Mikaelson on the screen creating great shock for them all. Jacob demands to know why they’re celebrating on television and Carl reveals that superhumans are no longer illegal.

Later, John receives a phone call from someone who makes it clear that they are angry at the treatment that Zoie is receiving. They believed that it wasn’t fair to celebrate superhumans becoming legal without having the person who created them there. John reveals that he has been working on freeing Zoie but the caller isn’t impressed. It is revealed that Timothy is the one who called John. John asks who the caller is but Timothy states that he should just call him knowledge. After back and forth, Timothy states that he has to go but tells John to not worry about Zoie any longer. Realizing that Zoie was a target for the man, John rushes to contact Simone. Meanwhile, the Seven Deadly Sins are at the organization but are told that they cannot visit Zoie. Angry, Nate chokes the receptionist clearing a path for the group to enter the back. Harry, Jacob, Timothy, and Olivia rush forward to kill any workers in the way. As Nate and Sebastian argue, Jacob unlocks all doors for the prisoners and demands that they leave. Olivia finally returns with Zoie’s location. The group enters her room and finds her a mess and unconscious. Nate is aware of the doctor hiding in the closet. He uses his shadow to drag the man out of hiding and taunts him with the rest of the group. They reveal their identity as the Seven Deadly Sins and tell the man that Zoie is Wrath. The man questions it but Zoie awakens proving that she had been listening the entire time. She squeezes the man’s head until it exploded before passing out again. The group takes her and prepares to leave but are greeting by the police outside of the building. Nate fights the police as Sebastian creates a portal to Hell. Timothy shapeshifts into a dragon and sets the prison on fire.

Elsewhere, John and Simone watch the events unfold on television. Simone stands up in shock as she realizes who it is. John asks if she knows them to which she confirms that they’re the Seven Deadly Sins and that they had something much bigger to worry about. She watches the group escape through the portal with Zoie that Sebastian had created. As John prepares to speak, Simone heard static that usually happened when Zoie prepares to do something but she is aware that Zoie was out cold. Dancing Queen plays through the TV and Simone realizes that it was the same song that played during the skating party that Harry had thrown when they were stranded in the 80s together (The Sinners). Realizing that Harry was the one tuning the music, Simone ignores John who asks her if she is okay.

## Trivia

• The book introduces new characters Carl Tucker, John Porter, as well as The Masters and The League.

• It is Simone’s first appearance since The Sinners.

• The Illuminati is revealed in the book.

• Zoie is powerless for the first time since the beginning of the series.

• Because he is brainwashed, Tobias has no memories of The Supreme One: Petals In The Wind. He does not remember his relationship with Zoie Morningstar.