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Lindy tried to take advantage of the situation. Lindy did not have the upper hand, she did. Nadya only needed to remind Lindy once.
    “You can tell Diamond whatever you want, Lindy, contract will happen either way.”
    “You don’t scare me.”
    She didn’t want to scare the other woman. If she’d wanted that, the conversation would have gone down another away. Your spleen in my hand, bitch.
    “Wasn’t trying to, just saying what I know to be true.”
    “So the dirty girl has nails.”
    No, she had daggers, but that was beside the point. Nadya chose to ignore Lindy’s jab and followed her into the stairwell.
    She knew what was on the top floor. Lavarious Diamond’s living quarters. No one who worked on the lower levels ever went to the top floor. There used to be seventy-seven floors, but it was rumored that only the first through twelfth were used now. Beyond that, no one knew.
    There’d been no negotiations regarding her employment at the Quarry, and Nadya wondered why he’d let her into his inner sanctum. She was in unfamiliar territory. It made her jumpy. Why would he want her on the top floor? Her hands started to sweat, not out of fear but adrenaline. She only knew what she’d heard about him and that was: he was straight up, not a good guy. At least not anymore. At one time, he might have been. Despite what he’d done for the Quarry, talk in the city made him out to be an oppressor. The neighboring boroughs were all in agreement. He gave decent Wave, but it wasn’t pure. He demanded respect from the people who worked for him; anything less, and you’d end up missing digits, or worse. Dead.
    Lindy started up the stairs and tossed a quick ‘you’d better follow’ look over her shoulder at Nadya. Guess you’re going up, then. Looked that way. She had no other choice. There’s always a choice. You can turn around right now and leave. Never look back. But it wouldn’t be fair to Dominika and her mother, Anna.
    Nadya didn’t mind the trek up the twelve flights. She took in everything she could as they went. Categorizing the differences from one floor to the next. The stairwell wasn’t in great shape, and walls were missing with only the structural support beams still standing. The farther up you walked, the cleaner the area became. The lower floors apparently housed the soldiers. The fifth floor held those in service to Diamond. They brought in the resources and Wave. They were dressed scantily, the males only wearing bottom briefs, their skin oiled to perfection, each having either a diamond in their nose or ear. The women wore see-through fabrics and everything that could hold a diamond did. Lavarious Diamond left nothing to the imagination when showcasing his products. That’s going to be me soon.
    Her skin wasn’t smooth like theirs. Where she should have been soft and curvy, she was hard and muscular. However, Nadya was still confident her offer wouldn’t go unwanted. The sixth, seventh, and eighth floors were living quarters. Then came the infirmary and medical facilities. There was art on the wall. Collected from places she knew were no longer stable. There was even a floor devoted just to books, it seemed. When they made it to the twelfth floor, she noticed a long hallway with lights hanging from the ceiling. There were doors all along the corridor. The last door was red. The irony was not lost on her. The Quarry wall was referred to as the Red Door.
    “Wait here. I’ll come out and get you.” Lindy gave Nadya a swift look over, shaking her head as if the trip she’d just made up the stairs were worthless.
    The floor was white marble with gold veins. More art adorned the walls. Some paintings hung, others were embossed etchings in the walls themselves. Nadya studied the art and the intricate detail. It wasn’t old, but new. Opposite where she stood, there was a mural of the city—the way it looked now, complete with dilapidated factories and abandoned buildings. Where the skyline would