While Shane, still in his private box high above the Zero Point Arena, began to sketch the crude outlines of a trap centered around the upcoming Harvest Festival, a very different plan was taking shape in the mind of his primary target.
Ram, having mastered the ability to reshape his body into a perfect replica of Kain, saw an opportunity.
If he couldn't easily find Shane, perhaps Kain could walk right up to him.
The idea was risky, bordering on reckless, but the potential payoff and access to the heart of the Blood Hawk Gang were too tempting to ignore.
Closing his eyes, Ram focused his mind, reaching out with his spiritual senses to the network of Soul Seeds he'd discreetly planted throughout the district.
He found the one he wanted – a tiny seed nestled in a crack in the grimy wall of a derelict building, not far from the heavily fortified subway station that now served as Shane's main stronghold.
