... We may see something in Mirror Mirror, depending on how much time Harry spends in his reality, but we won't see a whole lot in that book.

I expect that in Mirror Mirror, Harry-prime will learn that mirror-Harry is a member of a "Council" (or dare I say... Circle?) that is in full-on Sith-mode.

It'll be interesting to see how much Jim actually pays homage to the various elements of the TOS-Trek episode.
 

I really doubt that any of the Denarians are N-fected, I think they play for the same team.

My understanding is that "Nemesis" is an Outsider-y thing.  Denarians are not.  I suspect they stand to lose as much as anyone else, from the Outsiders.

Except... we know that some (apparently very-competent) folk do seem to make deals with Outsiders.  Cowl, for example, seems to be in league with them, to one degree or another.

"Nemfection" may begin with something accidental; Lea seems to have thought the Athame was "safe," but it wasn't.  Aurora and Maeve were probably Nemfected (possibly all 3 came from the Athame?).

Who's to say that a Denarian (or his host!) cannot also succumb to Nemfection?

Nic may have been putting on an act in the Aquarium, when he "seemed" angry/surprised to learn that Hellfire had been part of the assault on A.Tor; but maybe he wasn't faking.

So, if he wasn't faking it... why was he angry?  Was it from "I do not want Mab for my enemy"?  Was it from "Why was my subordinate running their own op & hiding it from me?"

Was if from, "I'm pretty sure that was a Nemfected op, WTF was Hellfire doing anywhere near Nemfection?"  And if so, was it a matter of "why was that moron assisting an enemy?" or was it "I thought the Fallen were immune to (or very resistant to) Nemfection, but it looks like they got to one of us... or more??!?"

Or something else entirely???

...

Lara clearly likes Ramírez even more after the soul gaze, but Ramírez doesn’t just consider Lara to be an immoral vampire - he seems to respect her more after the soul gaze & maybe even realizes that she is trying to help him better navigate the Whamp Court by playing the come hither at him instead just being a succubus, perhaps that’s why he wasn’t trying to dissuade her with his knife?

He WAS trying to disuade her with his knife.  But, whamps being whamps, Carlos was teetering on the edge anyhow.

Carlos initiates the soulgaze to stiffen his own spine.

Lara mistakes it as another attempt to dissuade her (the knife's not working! try magic!), not realizing that Carlos was using it to rebuild his own defenses against whamps, instead of as a weapon/threat against her.

Afterwards, they each come away with the soulgaze-granted understandings of one another, including his, that her word is good.  So yeah, he "respects" her more, even as he understands that she is basically cooperating with the inhuman monster inside of her.

... The part that is interesting about the exchange is the part I have highlighted in the OP. What does Ramírez mean when he tells Lara that “it wasn’t to dissuade you”??

Ahhhh!  Yes, I see.

I think the understanding comes with particular spoken emphases (or an understanding of that quote being a partial sentence with an implied/unspoken 2nd half):

It wasn't to dissuade YOU

=OR=

It wasn't to dissuade you (it was to dissuade me).

Lara doubtless understood what it would be like for Carlos to have seen her soul as she saw his, how much a true vision of the demon would "dissuade" him.  Hence, her remarking that he was wise (to have "innoculated" himself).

... I mean Ramírez knew that before the soulgaze (hence be pulled a knife on her pre-Soulgaze)...

Maybe he knew it, in his head.  But his hormones were screaming louder (it's what the Whamps do).

After the soulgaze, Carlos had a direct experience of the demon/phage, and what that meant.  He no longer merely "knew" what a WCV was, he felt it, in a visceral personal-experience manner.

Sorry, though, but this part:

... after the soulgaze he seems to be telling her that his guard is not up to dissuade her. 

I cannot parse this bit clearly.  I'm not sure what you're saying.

... Wrestling Book ... 

I barely recollected that one being mentioned.  Went looking.

According to this post:
https://www.paranetonline.com/index.php/topic,50222.msg2291069.html#msg2291069
WoJ is that order (after PT) is MM 1st, then Wrestling.  Has this info been changed (or was it just wrong?) ?
 

... So I think she expected what Lily did and what Harry would do.

Yeah, that's what I thought too.  But that WoJ pretty strongly implies that Summerfiring the Winterwell was unexpected by Mab.

Lily's giving Summerfire... yeah, Mab saw that a mile away; she was counting on it (so her proto-Knight didn't get all Kudzutized).