Difference between revisions of "Summary:Shadows of Self"

17 years later, the chapter opens with [[Winsting Innate]] preparingprepares to open an auction ofoff his servicessenate vote to thevarious biggestcrime criminalslords and nobles in Elendel. The ostensible item for sale is his latest painting. After an introductory speech, he begins to mingle. His bodyguard [[Flog]] follows nearby. Winsting is quite disappointed that [[Edwarn Ladrian]] is not there. He is approached first by a smuggler named Dowser, who is accompanied by a tall, slender [[Paalm|woman]] with short golden hair. After the conversation, Winsting identifies the woman as a spy, -- possibly afrom constabularlythe plant,constabulary -- to his bodyguard Flog, and orders her watched. He continues to mingle for the next hour, but then a gunshot rings out, with several more quickly following from different parts of the room. Flog drags him out and takes him to his saferoom. No one is certain who started the gunfight, but Flog decides to go back up theto the room to investigate. afterWinsting lockinglocks Winstingthe indoor from the inside after he leaves. Eventually Flog returns, and Winsting lets him in. He tells them that everyone upstairs wasis dead. As Winsting considers what to do, someone grabs his hair and slits his throat.