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Neo had the scroll because Roman was in prison. You don’t let a prisoner take his scroll into prison with him.

Neo had her scroll when she went to check on what was happening on the roof, and sent a text message to Roman’s scroll. It wasn’t the one that was plugged into the ship.

We’ve known for ages that Cinder was not the big bad, nor was she intended to be the big bad. I’m fairly certain Monty said at some point that she was not the ultimate big bad, which tells you how long she has never been intended as it. Salem was one of the earliest characters they created, being made in the single digits of characters.