Young and the Restless sees Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) preparing for war, and he wants every tool possible in his arsenal, and that may include Lily Winters (Christel Khalil). Let’s get into how Victor might use Lily as a weapon against Cane Ashby (Billy Flynn).

Let’s talk about where the battle lines are being drawn with Victor on one side, Cane on the other, and other factions choosing who they can trust. Lily is somebody that could have a huge influence in the coming war.

Victor Newman’s War Strategy: Using Lily Winter as a Key Player Against Cane Ashby

Right now, Cane has just arrived in Genoa City, and this week, Victor delivers that news to Lily who’s absolutely furious. She at first blamed Cane for Damian Kane’s (Jermaine Rivers) death but now realizes Carter was unhinged, and Cane didn’t know his assistant was unstable. Still, Lily wants nothing to do with Cane. She feels like if he wasn’t playing those reindeer games, Damian might still be alive.

Once Lily found out that Cane was Dumas, she’s been kind of furious at her ex-husband across the board. Lily’s anger spiraled and got worse from there. With Cane and Victor both planning to use any means necessary to win, it’s easy to see that Lily could be a big player on the chessboard.

Now Cane wants Lily as his queen by his side, but Victor would love to use her as some sort of pawn in his twisted plan against Cane. So that’s the question: Do you want to be a queen? Do you want to be a pawn? Or do you want to say no to both and not play their games?

Lily Winters Complex Emotions and Loyalties Amidst the Newman-Ashby Conflict

After the truth came out that Carter was the one who killed Damian that finally stopped Lily from assuming the absolute worst about Cane. Even though Carter killed Damian to get him out of Cane’s way so he could have Lily, she let that part go. She still remains appalled by Cane’s lies, manipulations, deception, and the whole Dumas thing.

It got even worse when Lily got back to Genoa City and Chelsea Lawson Newman (Melissa Claire Egan) revealed that Cane had dipped out of his chateau in France and came back to GC while he told everybody else they were still trapped on the mountain. That made Lily even madder at Cane.

She thinks Colin Atkinson (Tristan Rogers) is to blame and that his awful influence made his son Cane the worst possible version of himself. Of course, Lily is worried about their children finding out how bad their dad is now. Lily didn’t want Cane to come back to GC at all, but he’s here and not going away. All Lily wants to do is avoid Cane and stay away from him.

Victor’s Plan to Exploit Cane’s Weakness Through Lily

This week, Victor is making big moves. He talks to Lily and her brother Devon Hamilton (Bryton James). Victor knows that Cane’s Achilles heel, his one big weak spot, is Lily. Everybody knows how badly Cane wants to be reunited with Lily. For that reason, Victor Lily is the perfect person to use, possibly as a spy to keep an eye on Cane because of how he approaches her.

That means Victor may want Lily to get into Cane’s path rather than staying away from him. Young and the Restless spoilers confirm that Victor wants Lily to join his revenge plot against Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) and Cane and anybody else who’s allying with Lily’s ex-husband.

Victor tells her, “You shouldn’t avoid him. That’s the worst thing.” She and Devon are hearing him out. Obviously, Victor is going to try real hard to convince Lily to join Team Newman. That would be a huge win over Cane to know that Lily was on their side, and it will drive Cane crazy.

Lily Winters’ Skepticism and the Moral Dilemma of Spying on Cane

In the same conversation where Chelsea and Lily were talking about how awful Cane is and wondering what he’s up to, they were also talking about Victor being shady as heck and totally untrustworthy. So even if Lily considers Victor proposal, I think she would go in eyes wide open and with lots of skepticism.

Cane made a peace proposal to Victor before they left France, but Victor rejected it and told Cane he’s ready to fight. He said, “If you want war, we can do that.” But if Victor wants Lily to pretend to get close to Cane, that might be a big problem for her. That might be a line she doesn’t want to cross.

I don’t even know if Lily can pretend to tolerate Cane because the bottom line is Lily is fuming at Cane. She has vowed never to forgive him. So if Lily suddenly turned up all smiles and said, “Oh, it’s cool,” I think Cane would be very suspicious. Even if Victor talked Lily into it, I don’t know if it would fly.

Given how dirty Victor also did Lily with Chancellor, I don’t even know why she would agree to work with Victor. Maybe she hates Cane more than she dislikes Victor. But if Lily pretends to play nice with Cane while feeding information back to she might actually start feeling guilty about deceiving Cane.

Potential Consequences of Lily’s Alliance and the Future of Cane and Lily’s Relationship

They are both wicked businessmen, and Lily might finally start to see that Cane was right and that she was wrong about Colin influencing him. Or maybe Cane is worse than ever. We’ll see. If Lily betrays Cane and he finds out, I wonder if he would finally give up on his quest to reunite with Lily.

But you never know. If she came clean and said, “Okay, look, I’ve been spying for Victor,” we could see Cane forgive her anyway because he was hiding behind the Dumas persona and lured Lily and the others to France. Cane was being deceptive, so he might let it slide that Lily was being deceptive as well.

The question is whether Victor could convince Lily to come over to his side and help target Cane. Right now, Lily Winters is in a very vulnerable spot because of Damian’s death. It’s so fresh, and I wonder if her grief and anger will make it easy for Victor to take advantage of her and weaponize her.

Lily definitely knows she doesn’t want a reunion with Cane, but I suspect if Victor approaches Lily about making an alliance, no matter how much she dislikes Cane right now, she would regret agreeing to any deal she makes with Victor.

Upcoming Twists: Victor Newman’s Unexpected Deal and Lily’s Critical Decision

Young and the Restless spoilers say that by the end of this week, Victor does indeed make a deal with somebody unexpected. It could be Lily but it could be Chelsea or somebody else. This week, after Victor approaches Lily and Devon, we’re going to see Lily making a decision about what to do about the proposal.

Maybe she’ll decide she and Devon should just be Switzerland and remain neutral and not get involved. On the other hand, Victor might not want to use Lily as a spy to get info on Cane but may want to use her as a source of information. Or Victor may want Lily to be a honey trap to use against Cane.

Kind of like he did with Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver) when he had her trying to seduce Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor) for nefarious reasons. But Lily is not Audra. I don’t see her jumping to do what Victor wants. I especially don’t see Lily jumping to seduce anybody to do Victor any favors.

Bottom line, Lily doesn’t need Victor money, power, or influence. I don’t even know what he can offer her unless it is to help Lily get some sort of revenge on Cane if that’s what she wants. The bottom line is Lily is Cane’s weak spot, and Victor would definitely want to exploit that. I’m really interested to see what Lily decides and if she will help Victor to take Cane down. We’ll see what happens.