Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-35941743-20190724191227/@comment-5430952-20190808020707

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: Well, this doe tie back to the topic. If Cinder's Maiden powers are now with her the traditional way, then the prospect of Salem killing her is much less. Until Salem has the Relic from Beacon, she will want to keep hold of the Fall Maiden powers. The possibility that the Grimm might be keeping them with Cinder was there before Amber died, but less so after she died. Any scenario where Salem kills Cinder has to allow for a transfer of her powers that Salem can control. 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.