Frozen: A Desire for More

Chapter 2

Chapter 2

With her hands held together in front of her, Elsa walked through the courtyard of Arendelle castle with Anna beside her. For several minutes now, Anna had been waiting for her sister to say something. Then finally, Elsa broke the silence. 

“Anna, I have received a letter from the Kingdom of Weselton,” she said. 

Gasping, Anna held her hands to her mouth. The entire time she was afraid that Elsa might say something about Kristoff. She had only met him a less than two weeks ago, and already her sister had seen them kissing. But not even in the farthest corner of her mind did she expect something like this. 

“What does it say?” Anna asked.

With downcast eyes, Elsa pulled out the letter from underneath her ice cape and unfolded the scroll. 

“It says that the Duke of Weselton has passed away,” Elsa said. “His eldest son Rainer has inherited his title and throne.” 

Speechless, Anna blinked a few times, not quite sure of what to say. 

“But Elsa, didn’t you, like, end relations with Weselton? Why would they contact you now?” 

With a sigh, Elsa handed Anna the letter. 

Quickly, Anna read through it, her eyes widening with each line. 

“Elsa! This is…”

“I know,” Elsa said with her hands clasped behind her back. 

In the letter, Rainer had introduced himself as the Duke of Weselton, the title he had inherited upon his father’s death. He wrote that he regretted his father’s actions in Arendelle and wished to make amends. The elegant cursive letters told that Weselton is braving a summer as fierce as the winter Elsa had  previously summoned, and that Rainer would be sailing on a trade galleon to Arendelle. He desired to renegotiate trade routes with Elsa, as Arendelle’s largest export was ice. 

Anna read through the letter a second time, making sure that she had understood everything right. 

“What do you think, Anna?” 

“Phew, I mean, he has really nice hand writing, right?” Anna snorted. She looked at the finely written cursive letter and couldn’t help but chuckle. 

“Anna…” 

Anna took a step towards her sister, now a young queen bearing the hopes and fears of the entire kingdom. It was at times like these that she knew that Elsa needed her. 

“His father was a really bad dancer, I mean, he was really really weird and…greedy,” Anna laughed at the memory of it. “But maybe this Rainer is different.” 

Elsa nodded, considering what her sister had said. She turned her back to Anna and walked a few steps.

“He is due to arrive in seven days. I shall welcome him at the castle, but I will let the Arendelle Ice Master and Deliverer make the final decision.” 

Then with her head half turned, she made eye contact with Anna with an all-knowing glance. Immediately sensing what Elsa was thinking about, Anna turned red from head to toe. She may not be the typical princess, but she still felt embarrassed having been seeing embracing a man. 

“Why didn’t you invite Kristoff in if you wanted to talk to him?” Anna asked, trying to gain some ground in this awkward situation. An awkwardness her sister was clearly enjoying with the teasing smile that played at the corner of her lips.