At 22:30 hours, a power cut descended on all the floors of the hotel.
Caught off guard by the sudden outage, the security personnel were momentarily unprepared, this sudden occurrence also ignited fear amongst the senators. Before this, they'd heard rumors of an assassin infiltrating the hotel, and the power cut felt like a cue indicating the killer was about to strike.
Those who became senators in District Seventeen managed to achieve their positions only by outshining many contenders. Thus, it wasn't for them to ruminate on the reasons they could be assassinated.
Overhearing this fervor, Song Lan went outside to reassure everyone, convincing them that no one would go to such great lengths to assassinate them. They were overthinking their importance.
