Fire and Ice

Chapter 1

Irene Auclair

"Dad.." I took a deep breath so I don't lose my fucking mind and start shouting at him.

"You are not serious , are you? You don't really want me to marry the guy I have hated ever since I was born , right?" I look at my father expectantly but he just gives me a sympathetic look and says,

"I'm so sorry sweetie , but you'll have to marry him. Or else this will be the end of our mafia , and possibly our lives too."

"Why though?!? We have survived this long without an ally so I'm sure we can survive longer!!" Alright I'll admit that 'deep breath' did absolutely nothing to calm me down.

"That would've been true a few years ago , but now with the Russians as our rivals a bloodbath is inevitable.  And if a war does breakout we don't know who will win unless...the Americans are on our side. So this alliance must take place."

"Then make a deal with the Americans. The Russians are our mutual enemy. I'm sure they want them gone as much as we do maybe even more so than us." I try to protest even though I know it's no use. Dad has already made up his mind.

"Sweetie , you know if the Russians gave them a better deal then they won't even think twice before breaking our agreement and joining hands with the Russians. But they can't break a marriage alliance cz it's the strongest alliance there is. If they break it no other mafia would ever do business with them again." Dad tells me with a gentle voice.

"Dad , you know I love you but whatever you say I am not marrying that guy"

Then my mother enters the room. She tells me with a stern voice. "Irene Auclair you are marrying Axar Anderson whether you like it or not. So you better be up and ready on Tuesday morning for your wedding. "

"Tuesday??? I'm getting married in 3 fucking days?!?! This is ridiculous!!" With that I storm out of the room to my favourite place , the training grounds. I stay there for a while practicing throwing daggers cz it calms me.

Then after I've calmed down I sit down to really think about this. I always knew that I'd have a arranged marriage. But I never ever ever not even in my wildest dreams would've thought that said arranged marriage would be with the one and only Axar Anderson. Oh come on , I can't possibly marry him!! I hate him!! He's a monster!! He sees women as playthings!! That thought made me chuckle a little. Cz who am I judging? I'm a merciless killer myself. And I also love to toy with men's feelings.

So we might not be as different as I thought...besides I never thought that I'll be in love with my husband anyways. Although I would've preferred if my future husband and I didn't hate each others guts. But what can we do. It is what it is.

So I get up and go to my parents. Mom and dad both are in my dad's office so I go there.

There I see my brother arguing with mom and dad.

"You've gotta be kidding me right?? You are not actually making her marry Axar right????"

Then upon hearing me enter everyone looks my way.

"Look honey , we love you. You know we'll never do anything that might harm you. If we don't make this alliance though..then we might all die. Try to understand." My mom says with her usual sweet voice. She might sometimes come off as harsh but she loves me though. I know she does.

"Noo!! Irene you don't have to marry him!!" Isaac says. Although me and him both know that I do indeed have to marry Axar.

Now I came in here accepting my fate. But how about we have a little fun first.

"I'm not marrying him." I say while looking at my parents with a blank face without betraying any emotion.

"Come on honey , you know arranged marriage is normal in our world. Every other marriage in our world is arranged. Your father and I also had a arranged marriage and look at us now , so in love. We wouldn't change a thing about how everything turned out."

Well that's true. My mom Marissa Auclair and my dad Andrew Auclair did have an arranged marriage. And they are in fact in love with each other now. But that's like a one in a million kind of thing. It's totally OK though cz I don't want no love. As long as I can trust him and he respects me it's fine.

Then an idea popped in my head..

"OK , I'll marry him , "

"Thank you-" my mother starts to say before I cut her off with ,

"But I've one condition."

"Whatever you want , sweetie." My father says.

"You have to gift me the ferrari 250 gt swb." Now now I do have my own money. And I can buy this car myself. But who doesn't love a free ferrari? Only an idiot I'm pretty sure.

"Fine." My dad says without any hesitation. So I try pushing my luck a teeny tiny bit more.

"And a bmw."

"Alright , now you are getting too greedy." My mom says , sensing my mischief. And we all laugh at that.

Well at least I'm getting one good thing out of this unwanted marriage.