User blog comment:Darkcloud1111/Good Idea, Bad Idea-Best Day Ever/@comment-5217560-20140726013349/@comment-3146930-20140729041654

I meant their conversation in 17, where it is pretty clear that Cinder had told Roman to kill Tukson. As far as Cinder and the White Fang, if Cinder really has this huge plan and needed the White Fang as part of it, she may have made sure that she could count on them before continuing her plan by hiring Roman. At the same time, maybe Cinder hired the White Fang to act as some extra muscle for Roman. Don't know which came first.