Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-35941743-20190724191227/@comment-14909251-20190808171106

Alhazad2003 wrote: Since the Grimm bug is fused to her body, just how, praytell, would she be able to kill it? And considering what we learned in Volume 4, it strongly suggests that the beetle is still inside her, as Salem tells Cinder to make it dread her.  So no, I severely doubt the Grimm bug is dead, even if it was possible Salem would never allow it, since it allows her to keep Cinder in check. Even if Cinder thinks otherwise, I still believe Salem has ways to rein her in, we could be seeing it in the next couple of Volumes. I'm talking about the prospect of Cinder being killed. The issue isn't whether the Grimm bug died or not, but whether Cinder woud have the Maiden powers even if the Grimm bug was killed. Were the Grimm bug keeping the powers inside Cinder somehow, then theoretically killing Cinder would be an option for Salem. However, if the powers are in Cinder by merit (i.e. Amber thought of Cinder last) then Salem can only kill Cinder if she can transfer the powers to someone else. Otherwise, she would have to track down the Fall Maiden again.