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Sensing that Lady Kelesina was making a quick escape from the party, Wax scrambled to find a way to exit in pursuit, without alerting anyone that he was following. Ever prepared, Steris armed Wax with a pistol she had snuck into the dance and then produced the requisite distraction, from the bottom of a vial of ipecac.{{book ref|mb6|13}}
Following as carefully as possible, Wax caught up to Kelesina deep in her mansion, where he overheard the unmistakable voice of his uncle
With the timely arrival of MeLaan, Wax fought his way out of the mansion and escaped with Steris, who he found waiting for him behind a shrub outside. Taking her close, Wax steel-pushed their way straight up into the sky and through the evening mists, which gave way to the breathtaking view of [[The Ascendant’s Field]], where they shared a quiet moment of mutual respect and kissed above the clouds.{{book ref|mb6|16}}
Staying ahead of the local authorities and following up on their only lead from the party, Wax rode a stagecoach toward the construction site in the north east. Along the way, he helped Marasi field test the cube device she had taken from the train robbers, which seemed to somehow extend the area of effect of its user’s Allomancy. At the construction site, Wax, Wayne, MeLaan, and Marasi successfully infiltrated the perimeter, discovering that a large, nondescript building was actually a facade, covering up Edwarn’s real effort in New Seran, the construction
Splitting from Marasi and MeLaan, who went in search of ReLuur's stolen spike, Wax and Wayne entered the ship, determined to locate Edwarn himself. Using a spyglass borrowed from MeLaan, Wax immediately changed the plan when he located the chamber where Telsin was being held. Easily bypassing the workmen and engineers blocking his path, Wax quietly entered the room headset on saving his sister. Finally reunited, Wax was surprised when Telsin immediately took brutal retribution on one of her captors. The years had really changed her, just as they had changed him.{{book ref|mb6|18}}
Once again Wax decides to go after the Bands of mourning rather than return to Elendel.{{book ref|mb6|21}}
Arriving at the temple where the Bands of Mourning are supposedly being kept before Suit's henchmen, Wax ventures inside alongside the rest of his group. Inside the temple Wax proceeds with caution after seeing the corpses of Hunters that came before him. With the help of MeLaan and Mr. Suit Wax manages to get into the room where the Bands were being kept only to be betrayed by Telsin and Mr. Suit, Wax gets shot 3 times and dropped down a pit.{{book ref|mb6|26}} After another confrontation with Mr. Suit Wax dies {{book ref|mb6|27}}and has a conversation with Harmony where he is eventually offered a choice between freedom and duty, Wax chooses duty and is revived by tapping the power in the Bands of Mourning, using the powers he heals and frees himself and then goes after Mr. Suit and Telsin. {{book ref|mb6|28}} Wax intercepts Suit as he tries to escape, after a brief conversation they fight with Wax coming out as the winner.{{book ref|mb6|29}} {{book ref|mb6|30}}Wax and his group take the [[Southern Scadrian|southerner's]]'s ship back to Elendel where he hands over the Band of Mourning to Kandra for safe keeping. Wax then asks Steris to marry him. {{book ref|mb6|31}} While on his honeymoon with Steris, Wax is woken up by an explosion and sees the coin that was given to him at the party, recognizing the structure of the coin Wax taps the investiture in the coin and then taps the coppermind, showing him a memory.{{book ref|mb6|epilogue}}
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