Chapter Twenty-Five

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QUEEN FINALLY COMES out for the first time. She stood to approach her sister but she recoiled in anger. "Please, listen to me. It wasn't Elsa. She didn't kill any of them. I swear to you, Anna. She didn't kill any of them. Anna, please you have to believe me. We would never dare hurt our parents. Please, believe me!"

Queen attempted to hold her hand but Anna took another step back. And she never foresaw her next words; otherwise, she could have had herself prepared.

"You really are a monster. You're a monster!" Anna's voice was so potent that it made Queen freeze in her stance. "I'm finding your words had to believe, Elsa or Queen, whoever am I speaking to. These frostbitten bodies would beg to differ! You murdered our people, and you used me, your own sister, to do your bidding for collecting souls to consume!"

"I never wanted any of this to happen! I-I tried to stop her but she won't let me out. P-please you have to believe me, Anna," Queen begged as though her life depended on it.

But Anna took no heed of her plea. "I know they're not the perfect parents. I know they've treated you so horribly wrong but is that really enough for you to kill them? I know they're not the most perfect people but that's not enough reason for you to consume their souls! Tell me, have you already killed everyone on the ship before they sailed?"

"Answer me, Elsa!" she bellowed.

"I'm not Elsa! My name is Queen and Elsa didn't kill any of them!" Queen retorted in response.

A heavy slap clashed against Queen's cheek and her mouth bled. Tears fell from her eyes one after another.

"I don't care which one you are. I won't be falling for your lies anymore."

Apparently, she still denied the accusation. "We didn't kill any of them. Elsa remembers all her victims. We never even get to say goodbye when they left. Elsa never left her room when they departed. I swear to you, Anna. We didn't kill any of them!"

"Then how do you explain all these frostbitten bodies?"

"I-I don't know. Ma-maybe s-someone else s-set this up to frame us again," Queen stammered to defend herself.

"You were never framed in the first place, Elsa or Queen! Whoever you are. I only used the duke's name to clear your name from the people. But clearly, this isn't his doing, isn't it? The duke never even used sorcery because we only made that up! Why don't you just admit it?"

"Admit what? We didn't do it. It wasn't us!" Queen firmly declared.

Anna regretfully shook her head in dismay. "Not only are you a monster but also a liar."

Anna storms out of the wrecked ship while Queen broke down after her departure. Her wailing was thunderous and Anna's heart couldn't bear the pain of her sister crying in misery again that she too, wept. The frostbitten corpses bore witness to the two sisters' agony and grief.

How much longer is suffering going to haunt them? How much longer must they endeavor to survive the pain and live through another day?

How long must they tolerate the agony before their sanity is robbed?

Must they all be in misery, deprived to live a normal life as most people have?

Anna deemed the pain as the only thing that kept her company over all those years, even until today. But even after going through hell why hasn't her heart adapted to pain yet?

Their surrounding has gone silent. A moment later, Anna felt a malignant presence behind her.

"Is that you, Elsa?" Anna softly inquired. She still refuses to meet her sister's murderous face.

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