Joseph’s answer to “Would you forgive Alice if you were in Tom's place? You probably get asked this question a lot, …” > Likes and Comments

So she was partly under his influence but she wanted to protect Tom, and Lukrasta made it easy for her and he fell under her influence, doing as she says which he would've never agreed to if they worked simply as partners.

I'm just saying this because its too much to comprehend simply in my mind.