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Prologue - Emily

When I was younger I used to dream of the day I would go without being yelled at and beaten till I couldn't feel anything but pain and sorrow for whatever I did that made my father hate me so much. 

Me and Scarlett were really close and could always come to each other for help and mental support. Our mother was the sweetest woman when she wasn't under the wrath of our father. She would clean our wounds and sympathize our pain as our father lay somewhere blackout drunk. 

I got tougher and stronger as I got older and the beatings became "normal" in a sense to me and Scarlett. I learned to deal with my fathers anger but never the pain. On the day after Scarlett's 18th birthday, the Diaz brother's father allied with our father. It was one of my most fondest memories. Not because of having another ill-mannered dominant male in our circle, but because that was the day I fell in love with Mason Diaz. He was tall, handsome, and strong. He had curly brown hair and light brown eyes. He still had that distinct emotionless thinking face on. He showed zero emotion and it was super hot. He looked like he could kill a banquet room of people with ease and that was one of the biggest turn on for me.

 Me, Scarlett and her new boy toy Kai, Mason's younger brother, We all hung out a lot because of Mafia business that had to be taken care of. We would train together while our fathers did business. As a smaller circle we grew closer and became more comfortable with each other. Mason and I grew closer and closer, letting each other in a little more each time we talked or trained or hung out together. 

Then that dreadful family dinner came up on our schedules. I remember it clearly. My father had that emotionless hard look and I knew it would be bad news for Scarlett and I. My father had announced to Me and Scarlett that there would be an arranged marriage, but there was a catch and we could both feel it. Mason and Kai's father told them that they would have a chance to choose their partner but it would be mandatory no exceptions except this one. It was a "Present" for working so hard. 

That night me and my sister never looked at the Diaz brothers the same. Mason Diaz would marry Emily Cortez whether they liked it or not.