On the way, Marcus Monroe briefly explained the auction to Paige Summers.
He was brief, but Paige Summers felt it was packed with information.
The gist of it was that ever since The Dead City was established and the situation stabilized, the Upper District would hold an auction like this periodically.
The host was, on the surface, The Dead City's largest auction house, but it was actually run by Graham Monroe's direct subordinates. Paige Summers guessed he didn't get directly involved to prevent certain people from pulling strings and meddling. Whether that included Marcus Monroe and Shawn Monroe, she couldn't say.
Moreover, Graham Monroe's motive for holding the auctions wasn't just to facilitate trade and stimulate the market. The more important reason, she suspected, was that the auctions were a way to gauge the strength and resources of various factions, both inside and outside the city, by observing what they bid on.
