In Genoa City, love is never just love—it’s war. And this time, the battlefield is bloodied, twisted, and far more dangerous than anyone imagined.

The Young and The Restless spoilers for Thursday, July 10 reveal a shocking turn of events that leaves Damian in handcuffs, Lily Winters emotionally torn, and Cain Ashby orchestrating one of the most manipulative plots the city has ever seen.

For weeks, Cain has watched Lily drift further away from him and closer to Damian—a man who represents everything Cain isn’t: calm, kind, and genuine. But Cain is a man who never accepts defeat. Especially not in love.

When Lily finally kissed Damian in public, Cain’s carefully restrained jealousy snapped. The man once revered as a brilliant businessman allowed himself to descend into obsession. Determined to reclaim Lily, he hatched a plan—one that would paint Damian as a dangerous criminal and destroy the fragile trust Lily had built with him.

The trap? A knife, a fake attack, and Carter, a shady associate willing to act out Cain’s sick script. At a lavish party in Cain’s French villa, everything was set. The lighting, the witnesses, the “accidental” wounds inflicted by Carter—every detail pointed to Damian.

The result was chaos.

Guests screamed, blood stained the marble floor, and Damian disappeared momentarily—only to reemerge and find himself accused. The fingerprints on the knife? His. The motive? Jealousy. The victim? Cain, bandaged and wide-eyed, crying foul in front of friends and police.

Enter Chance Chancellor, who had been invited to the villa under the guise of protecting Cain from mysterious threats. But Chance isn’t easily fooled. While the physical evidence implicates Damian, the detective’s instincts whisper otherwise.

Why did Cain summon him, not the local police? Why were the mansion’s security cameras conveniently disabled? And why does every witness’s testimony sound just a little too rehearsed?

Lily, meanwhile, is spiraling. Her heart aches for Damian, but the images, the accusations, and Cain’s emotional manipulation leave her paralysed with doubt. The man who once broke her is now playing the role of victim so convincingly that even she begins to question her instincts.

Damian, stuck in the crossfire, refuses to fight back with emotion. Instead, he pleads for time—for a chance to uncover the truth and prove his innocence. But Lily is slipping away, and Cain is tightening the noose.

Still, cracks are beginning to show.

Chance finds inconsistencies in Cain’s story. The wounds look deliberate but non-lethal. The knife was wiped, then planted. And the screams? Too perfectly timed. The deeper Chance digs, the more Cain’s web of lies begins to unravel.

But will the truth come out before it’s too late?

As Cain’s plan teeters on the edge of exposure, one question remains: Will Lily choose her past, clouded with lies, or risk everything for a man she barely knows but might finally deserve?

In Genoa City, love is never safe—and neither is the truth.