Yes, that was precisely what Lincoln had wanted. Given the choice between letting a renegade leader of the supernatural world live and killing him, he'd go for the former. But he hadn't been able to do it. He told himself it was because of this vampire thing, like an honour code. You save my life, yadda... even though he highly suspected it was a trick and rather than let Lincoln die, Nicanor wanted to use this leverage in future.
"Be quiet," was all he said, unable to keep his thoughts straight as he carried him into the school.