~ CAIN ~
I know Astrid can be manipulated just as easily as the shitfaced vampire slouched across from me, drooling into his glass. She has no idea the wolf who attacked Lyra is already rotting in the ground, and this bloodsucker—Neo–is not far behind.
Ronan had kept that piece of information buried, just like the body. It's called strategic silence. It's the best way to operate considering the circumstances.
All we have to do is drop a few breadcrumbs of information, false or true, spark a few gossips, and watch as paranoia does the rest for us.
If Astrid thinks her secret is at risk of exposure, she’ll panic. And when she panics, she’ll slip. That’s what I’m counting on.
With the right pressure and just a little luck, we’ll have her cornered within the next twenty-four to forty-ei
