He began to see what Zion was hinting at, and the more he thought about it, the more it made sense. Greg and his people weren't actually trying to release the locust swarm; they were trying to provoke everyone into acting rashly.
And what if everything Maxwell had overheard from Greg and Chase's conversation before, which made him end up with his speculation, was actually wrong? What if they were being led by the nose, herded exactly as Greg intended, so that every move they made played into his plan?
A shiver ran down Maxwell's spine as the realization sank in.
But what they didn't know was that even Greg and Chase were completely unaware of the truth. Their master had played everyone, including his own people. He believed that if he wanted his enemies to believe a lie, then he first had to convince his own subordinates of that same lie.
