A Twist Of Fate

Chapter 33

The first thing Hans did to his brother was give him a good slap across the face.

"Bastard!" Hans growled as his brother was tossed into a jail cell by the guards who finally caught him, near the edge of Arendelle.

Rolf growled in return and immediately stood back up after they threw him in, and gripped the cell bars angrily. "Fool for falling in love with a monster! We could have ruled Arendelle even after your stupid plan failed!"

"Do NOT call her a monster!" Hans wanted so badly to reach through the bars and strangle his brother, but he knew he couldn't, so he didn't.

"Riiiiight. Of course not, because you would know. You had her in bed!"

"You know nothing, brother!" Hans retorted with a snarl. The last thing he or Elsa wanted was to have their courting spread to the town before the time was right. And it certainly wouldn't be appropriate if they found out their Queen had been bedded before she was married!

"I know enough! So when are you going to do it, hm? When are you gonna betray her fragile heart and slaughter her?!"

Another slap was given to Rolf, who couldn't seem to shut up. "I love her! I will do no such thing! I swore on my life to her!"

"ENOUGH!"

The two men turned to the icy blue glow coming from the staircase leading down to the cells. Elsa.

"I can hear you two from upstairs! We don't want even more commotion, now do we?" Elsa snarled at Rolf and stood close to Hans, who snuck his hand into hers. She squeezed it tightly.

"What are you gonna do, Your Majesty? Kill me? I know you can't." Rolf smirked smugly, but what he got in return was icy shackles on his wrists, connected to the wall behind him.

"You're right. I wouldn't kill you. But you will be sent back to the Southern Isle, banned from Arendelle. And if my guards see you back here again, they have permission to kill you."

Elsa certainly was living up to be the powerful woman she always knew she could be. Standing tall and confident next to her lover, in front of a traitor, stating what she needed to say.

Rolf only snarled and tugged at his chains, which of course did nothing.

"You have a day before the ship arrives. Farewell, Rolf." Elsa glared and slowly turned her head, then her body, and went back upstairs, Hans in tow.

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"My darling," Hans brought Elsa into his arms as the door to Elsa's room closed behind them. Elsa shuddered with the threat of tears, mans clung to Hans as they sunk to the floor together. "You're so amazing, you know..? Intelligent and brave... Not to mention a goddess... Elsa, don't cry... You did perfect." Hans nuzzled her cheek like a kitten, and Elsa melted in his arms from the sweet affection. "Hans..." She sighed, calming down, looking down at her love. "You're too good for me..."

"Why do you say that...?"

"I used to think I was going to live my whole life alone and deprived of affection... It made me so depressed... I-I can't loose you now. I love you so much..." Elsa sniffed quietly and rested her forehead against Hans'.

"Elsa... I could never leave you. Not for the whole world. I promise you."