Ch.21
The news of the newborn child spread like wildfire through the kingdom of Arendelle.
But no one knew how to react. Some were excited, others were afraid. Afraid that the small child would doom them all.
Adrian knew exactly how to react. In anger. When Elsa was sitting at her bed, feeding Nanna, little Hendrik was sitting by her side. He was eagerly looking at his new baby-sister.
"Mommy, can I hold Nanna?"
Elsa laughed. "No, sweetie. You're still too little. Once you're older you may hold her."
"Okay-"
Adrian suddenly stormed into the room.
"Elsa, what is this?!" Said Adrian angry.
Elsa quickly covered her chest and held the child close to her chest. "What do you mean?"
Adrian folded his arms and looked darkly at her. "That is a girl! I wanted a son!"
"So?" Elsa rolled with her eyes. "You wanted a child. Plus, I cannot choose the gender of my child."
"Then I guess we have to do it again."
Elsa shivered. Again? The last time was horrible. She thought it wouldn't happen again.
Adrian saw the fear in her eyes and smirked. "Oh, yes. You're nothing more than a small little witch. I will keep crushing you until you're just my mere puppet!"
"Don't talk to mommy like that!" Yelled Hendrik suddenly as he jumped down from the bed.
Elsa looked at him with wide eyes. The little boy looked up in anger first, but then his expression changed when he saw Adrian looked down on him with an evil smirk and flaming eyes.
"What was that, you little shit?"
Hendrik shrieked and jumped back onto the bed and hid behind his mother.
"That's what I thought." Adrian looked back at Elsa. "Anyway, once you have recovered, we will try for a son. I can never love this little thing.."
"You sexist!" Elsa jumped with Nanna still in her arms. "This is your own daughter! How could you not love her! She is the cutest little thing-"
Adrian slapped her across her cheek. Elsa's head yanked to the side.
"Don't say something so ridicule!"
Elsa closed her eyes. Stupid. She shouldn't have said that...even though she wanted to protect her daughter...Was this going to be her life? Just being hurt by him...not ever feeling happiness again after everyone would be gone...
She suddenly felt a warm hand onto her cheek. Adrian turned her head towards him. Elsa kept her eyes closed. His hand moved from her cheek to her neck.
"Are you afraid, Elsa?" Whispered Adrian with a smile.
Elsa slowly opened her eyes. "N-no..." she said with a hoarse voice.
Adrian looked down with his hand still onto her neck. "You know, Nanna is a terrible name for a girl."
"It's fine..." Whispered Elsa. His hand felt dangerous. She had to choose her words very carefully or he might hurt her. "A girl's name is very difficult to choose."
"I suppose you're right. Plus, she won't even be the heir. So it doesn't matter to me. She is all yours."
He stepped back and retracted his hand. Elsa stayed frozen in her place.
"I have some business to attend to. Rest for now, my queen." He quickly left and shut the door.
Elsa took a deep breath and sat back down. Hendrik looked at her with big eyes.
"Mommy..." He looked down at his hands. "I'm sorry..."
"Sorry for what?" Asked Elsa.
"Sorry for not standing up to you."
Elsa smiled. She put her free hand onto his head and ruffled through his hair. "Aww...don't be sorry, sweetie. He is a dangerous guy. I'm happy that you're safe and sound. If he comes near you, just...don't try anything, okay?"
"Okay."
Elsa nodded. She looked down at her baby again. Nanna was looking around with her big blue eyes.
"Say Hendrik...how about I learn you how to hold a baby?"
Hendrik gasped and smiled happily.
Nick, the father of Elsa, walked into a small town. This small town was home to the witches. Once allies of Arendelle, they were now not even associating with the town since they knew that a half-demon was the king.
Nick saw a few children play. They stopped playing and stared at him as he walked by.
Everyone was staring at him. Nick stopped for a second. Why was everyone looking at him? Surely he was not from here, but still...
He saw an old woman walking towards him. She was wearing a dark-red dress and had grey long curly hair. Her eyes were stale blue and stared pierced in Nick's eyes. He stayed frozen when she stopped in front of him.
"You must be Nicholas North." Said the woman. "Or as the ice queen calls you; Nick."
"Wha..."
"My name is Athena. Your son in law is waiting for you. Follow me."
Son in law? Nick walked after the strange woman. Who was she? And again, son in law? He didn't view the new king as his son in law. The man forced his daughter to isolate Arendelle from the world. And he lived just outside the kingdom, so he couldn't get into town. Thankfully he had a storage of food, so that he wouldn't starve to death.
He walked after her into a small house. There he saw a small living room with a couch. On the couch were princess Anna of Arendelle, a young man with blond hair - probably Kristoff , he heard of him - a reindeer, king Hiccup of the Darkened Forest, Frederick and a certain boy with white hair.
"Jack Frost?!" Said Nick with widened eyes.
"Hey, Ni-"
Before Jack could finish his sentence Nick grabbed him and pushed his against the wall.
"You promised that you would protect her!"
"Nick, I do! I'm gonna!" Said Jack.
"You're gonna?!" Said Nick angry.
"I know I failed, but I'm not giving up on her! Everything is at it's worst right now, but I'll make it better!"
Nick released Jack, who took a deep breath out of relief. He folded his arms and stepped back. "At it worst? Oh, it hadn't even started yet."
"What do you mean?" Asked Frederick.
Nick turned around to face the others. "If Elsa is going to stand up against the demon, she might accidentally freeze more than just a kingdom."
Jack frowned. "More than just a kingdom?"
"She might freeze her own heart. She is going to die by her own hand."
"Not if we stop it." Said Jack.
"And how are you going to stop it?" Asked Nick.
Jack grinned. "With an army of our own and with the army of the witches."
"Army of the witches? Does that mean I went all the way into the mountains to find the one thing that would win the witches over for nothing?!"
"Sorry." Said Jack with a smile.
Nick sighed and rubbed his head. "No problem, Jack."
Athena stared at them. The two looked like good friends. Probably because he was his son in law.
"So we attack tomorrow?" Asked Anna suddenly.
Jack turned to his sister and nodded. "Yes. Tomorrow at the start of the evening we will take him down."
"The witches will help you." Said Athena with a smile.
"Me too!" Said Nick.
"And me!" Said Anna.
Kristoff rolled his eyes. "Sure..."
"What?! I am!"
"Anna, you can't fight with a sword!" Said Kristoff. "You are a princess!"
Anna suddenly smiled at him. "Oh, are you worried, Kristoff?"
"I am not!"
Everyone laughed at Kristoff who was as red as a bean. Jack walked to a window and looked up at the sky.
Just wait for me, Elsa! I'm coming for you!
The next day Elsa was sitting in the garden with Nanna and Jennifer. Little Hendrik was there too, playing around with his wooden toy-sword.
"Nanna is so cute!" Said Jenny with a smile. The small baby was in Elsa's arms and looking up with a cute smile.
"She is, huh? Even though she is the devil's daughter." Elsa looked down at Nanna with a sigh. "But I love her nonetheless..."
"Of course you love her...I'm sure Nanna will be a great ruler."
Elsa looked at Jennifer. "Oh, haven't you heard? Adrian wanted a boy, so she won't be following up the throne."
"What?"
"Instead the next child will be. Hopefully it is a boy."
"Elsa...he can't do that!"
"Yes, he can...Jenny, you know what will happen tonight, right?"
"I'm not leaving your side."
Elsa shook her head. "Jenny...you need to go...for your own good. All the citizens are leaving. If you leave too, then you will live happily ever after."
"That doesn't exist. Not without the queen as my friend." Jennifer held her hands close to her chest. "Hendrik and I have talked about this. We stay here."
"But-"
"No argument." Jenny smiled at her. "I stay here and that is final."
"But I cannot assure your safety! As a queen it is my duty to protect you-"
"That's the king's duty." Said Jenny sadly. "But...he failed. And the new king isn't truly our king. A queen shouldn't feel obliged to..."
"Yes, I should. That is why I'm sending you all away. If you go then you will all be safe..."
"But you won't!" Yelled Jenny.
Elsa wanted to look away, but Jennifer grabbed her head and turned it towards her.
"Elsa, look at me! Do you really want us to go?!"
"Of course not!"
An few ice spikes shot out of the ground close to them. Jennifer immediately released her face. Elsa looked down and started to sob.
"O-ofcourse not...I want everyone to stay...but...it can't...I want happiness, but it doesn't exist..."
"Elsa...I'm sorry." Jenny looked down with tears in her eyes. "I went too far...sorry."
Elsa put her finger underneath Jenny's chin and lifted the girl's head up. "What are you crying for? That's a widow's job."
Jennifer wiped her tears away and showed Elsa a smile. "You haven't lost your sense of humor..."
"Or course not! I spend years up the mountain, I know how to have fun by myself!" Elsa smiled for a second but her smile faded. "Say; how about we have one last snowball fight? Before I fight Adrian tonight..."
Jenny jumped up. "Sure! I'll get David and Gerda to carry Nanna! Be right back!"
She run out of the garden. Elsa looked down at her daughter again.
"Mommy?" Hendrik walked towards her. "Can I hold Nanna?"
"Don't you wanna play with us? Plus, you can hold her all night."
"All night?" Asked Hendrik.
Elsa nodded. "Yes." She pushed with her finger against his forehead. "Tonight when I'm fighting Adrian, you need to hold Nanna. Don't let anyone touch her."
"Okay."
"Even if someone seems nice, keep holding your sister...okay?"
Hendrik nodded with a determinant look. "Yes!"
Elsa smiled down at him and ruffled through his hair. "Good boy."
At that moment Jenny, David and Gerda walked into the garden.
"Elsa, your majesty!" said Gerda. "Let me take your daughter!"
"Sure..." Elsa handed the small child to Gerda.
David scorched dow and gathered snow in his hand. "Okay, let's do this! It has been a long time since I had a snowball fight!"
"Right..." Jenny laughed. "Old man!"
She threw a snowball right into his face. Elsa quickly ran for cover behind a tree. She made a snowball into her hand by using her magic.
Okay, Jenny was hiding behind the other tree, David was...where was David?
"Hey, Elsa!"
Elsa turned around. Behind her was David, just throwing a snowball. Out of instinct Elsa used her powers to control the snowball. It immediately turned around and flew into David's face.
Elsa didn't hesitate one second. She gathered more snow in her hand and ran away from her hiding spot.
"Mommy, to your right!" Yelled Hendrik.
Elsa stopped in her tracks and turned around. She immediately fired the snowball towards Jenny. But Jenny avoided it and tackled Elsa to the ground.
The two women fell down with loud thud. The two both groaned in pain. Jenny grunted and sat up.
"Ow...got you..." Said Jenny with a small smile.
Elsa sat up on her knees. She rubbed her head. "Okay, never do that again. Damn, that hurt. Why the hell did you tackle me?!"
"For fun." Jenny stood up and helped Elsa up. "Plus, I don't have any ice powers. I can't throw a snowball in your face."
Elsa pulled her by her ear. "Then you don't need to tackle me to the ground! Geez..."
"Okay, okay! Sorry!" Said Jenny.
Elsa released her ear. David walked towards them while wiping the snow from his face.
"You deserved that, Jennifer. Unbelievable how you just stuffed my face with snow!"
"Sorry! But you have such a slow reaction time!" Said Jenny.
The three laughed, but stopped laughing when a council member walked into the garden.
"Queen Elsa, it's getting late..." He said in a serious tone.
Elsa stopped smiling and furrowed her eyebrows. "How late?"
"Six pm."
"Right..." Elsa nodded. "Then it is time. Are the citizens led by our guards?"
"Yes. Adrian is in the empty ballroom..."
Elsa turned around to Gerda. "Gerda hand Nanna over to Hendrik."
"What?..." Gerda raised her eyebrows.
"Don't worry, I've learned him how to hold her."
Gerda walked to Hendrik and handed the small child to the boy. Hendrik smiled up at her and held Nanna to his chest.
"I'm taking care of Nanna like mommy!"
"Sure you are." Gerda looked back at Elsa. "Your majesty, what are you going to do?"
Icicles started to swirl around Elsa's hand. A sword made of ice slowly formed into her hand. She looked at them with determination.
"Fight Adrian."
Jack, Hiccup, Anna, Kristoff, and a whole army of witches and guards were walking to the kingdom of Arendelle. Kristoff was riding on Sven with Anna, while everyone else rode on horses. When the arrived they saw the giant wall.
"Damn." Whispered Jack. "What has she done?"
Naomi jumped down when they were just a few meters away from the wall. "Let me, gentlemen."
She held her hands forward and wanted to fire a fire beam when a spot in front of her suddenly crumbled down.
"Whoa, I knew she had powers, but I didn't knew she was that good." Said Anna.
"That wasn't-"
Before Naomi could speak any further, A few citizens ran through the hole. They stopped in their tracks when they saw the army of Witches and their former king.
"Jack?" Said Toothiana, who stepped forward. "You're alive!" She quickly wiped a few tears away. She was really happy to see him again.
"Yeah...look, what is happening?" Asked Jack.
Aster, who was next to Tooth, turned back. "The guards are coming." He looked back at Jack. "Frost, I'm glad you're alive, but if you people could take down Adrian's guards...Elsa is in the castle. She is the one who planned the citizens escape."
Jack nodded. "I see...guys, make a way for us."
"Yes, your majesty!" said the crowd. They immediately made a path for him.
Jack ran with his horse towards the castle. The witches behind him jumped off their horses and started to take the guards down together with Hiccup's army.
Everything was covered in ice and snow. An eternal winter again. Adrian must have forced her to do it...Jack gritted his teeth.
"Jack!" Kristoff rode with Anna next to him. "How are we going to find Adrian in this huge castle?"
"We check every room!"
"Right!" Yelled Anna and Kristoff in unison.
Elsa walked into the ballroom. Behind her walked Jenny, David, Hendrik and her son carrying her daughter.
"Elsa, this is a bad idea!" Whispered Jenny.
Elsa ignored her. There he was, talking to Ferr. This wasn't a bad idea. This way she bought everyone time to escape. And when everyone was gone, her friends could also escape.
"Elsa." Said Adrian. He turned to her with a dark smile. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to make an end to you!" Yelled Elsa.
Adrian chuckled. "Oh, what a surprise..."
Everyone noticed his menacing tone.
"W-what do you mean?" Asked Elsa.
"Oh, just I've known of your plan." Adrian made a small sword in his hand by using his powers. "Getting the citizens out while fighting me? Naughty Elsa. Didn't I teach you not to do things behind my back?"
"How did you..."
"I asked one of the council members. Nicely, of course."
"You...!"
"But I am still up for a fight." Said Adrian.
Elsa clenched her sword in her hand. She suddenly started to giggle a little bit. Adrian cocked his head in amusement.
She reached behind her head and pulled her bun out. "This always happens. Like a happy ending would exist for me...let me tell you one thing, Adrian..."
Her hair fell down her back. She pushed her hand against her chest. Her dress tore apart and an ice dress appeared onto her body.
"I never lose."
She ran towards Adrian with her sword raised. Adrian pushed Ferr out of the way. He raised his sword too and their weapons clashed. Dark ice appeared under their feet as they started to fight against each other.
"Mommy..." Whispered Little Hendrik worried.
Jenny looked down at him. "She is going to be okay, Hendrik."
Hendrik stepped forward. "Mommy needs help...my help! I need to do something!"
"You need to stay here...hey!"
Jenny tried to grab him, but the boy ran to the other side of the room.
Meanwhile Adrian turned into his demon form. He used a little bit of his powers and Elsa's sword fell down to the ground and broke into pieces.
"Come on, use your full power for once!" He grabbed her by her arm and threw her down onto the ground.
Elsa fell down with a loud thud, but she didn't stay down for long. She immediately jumped up and raced towards him. She gathered ice in her hands and threw a small ice beam towards him. It did hit him, but didn't face him. Instead he reached out and grabbed her by her throat.
"Elsa!" Yelled David.
Adrian held her up by her throat. Elsa struggled and started to choke.
Adrian turned his head to the others. "If any of you interfere I will snap her neck in an instant."
Elsa kicked with her legs. She grabbed his hand with her hands and tried to use her ice powers but to no avail...She closed her eyes as the air left her lungs. Her throat was burning. She couldn't breath...His grip was so tight...
"Hey!"
Adrian turned his head to his side. Hendrik was standing there with Nanna still in his arms.
"Let go."
"What was that, you little shit?" Whispered Adrian.
"I said; LET GO OF MY MOMMY!"
Ice spikes shot out of the ground. Jenny, David, Hendrik and Gerda quickly jumped out of the way when the spikes appeared next to them.
"I see...then go get her kid!" Yelled Adrian.
He threw Elsa up into the air.
"Elsa!"
Everyone turned their heads to a voice. It didn't came from any of them, yet it was a voice they never thought they would hear ever again.
Jack, Anna, Kristoff, Frederick and Hiccup jumped from their horses. There were no guards at the door, so they just barged into the castle.
"Where do we look?" Asked Frederick.
Jack scratched his head. "I don't know. This castle is big, they could be..."
Suddenly ice spikes shot out of the wall. Anna shrieked and grabbed Kristoff's arm. Jack his eyes widened. The ice spikes came from the ballroom.
"I think they're there!"
"Jack, wait!" Yelled Anna. But Jack ignored her and ran towards the room. He barged through the door into the ballroom.
There he saw a small kid screaming in front of Adrian. Adrian was holding Elsa up and smirking. Against the wall were Jenny, a knight , Hendrik and Gerda.
"Go get her kid!"
Adrian threw Elsa towards the wall. Jack immediately reacted and ran towards her.
"ELSA!"
Everyone turned their heads and gasped. Adrian stopped smirking when he saw who it was.
Jack caught Elsa in mid air. They fell, slid over the ground and came to a halt against the wall. Jack took a deep breath and looked down at Elsa who was silent.
"Elsa, you okay?"
Elsa looked up in confusion. She saw white hair, blue eyes and a familiar face."Who...Jack? Jack?! Wait, you're dead!" She pushed him away and sat up on her knees. She immediately started to cough.
Jack sat up on his knees as well. He smiled at her and took her cold hands in his. "No, I'm real..."
"What? How..."
Jack noticed a blue spot on her wrist. And a red spot on her cheek. Elsa was also pretty thin, compared to when he last saw her..damn, what did that bastard do to her?
"You jerk!" Elsa fell against his chest and started to sob. "I was all alone! How could you leave me?! I thought you were dead!"
Jack wrapped his arms around her fragile figure. Her voice sounded rough. Her sobs were heard through the entire castle. "I'm sorry...Don't worry, I won't ever leave again."
"Promise?" Asked Elsa in a small voice.
Jack chuckled a little. "Promise."
Elsa her heart made a leap. How she missed his voice.
Suddenly he heard a laugh fill the air followed up with clapping. Elsa cringed and shrieked in fear.
"Oh, how sweet!" Laughed Adrian. "The long lost king reuniting with his queen! A little late, huh Jackie?!"
Jack released Elsa and stood up. He grabbed his sword in silence.
"Are you going to fight me?!" Yelled Adrian.
"No!" Elsa jumped up. "Jack, don't..." She coughed again and covered her mouth with her hands. Her son, Hendrik ran immediately to her side.
"Mommy!"
Jack walked towards Adrian with a normal pace.
"I really though you were dead. Well, better make sure this time!" Adrian dashed towards him with tremendous speed with his sword raised.
Jack quickly jumped out of the way. Adrian raised his sword again and tried to hit him again, but Jack jumped out of the way.
Adrian turned around with an insane smile. "Are you just going to dodge?!" He tried to hit him again. This time Jack clashed with his sword against his.
"All this time you have been using my wife." Said Jack. "I won't hold back against you."
"Why even try? You're just human."
Adrian jumped back and summoned up a darkened blizzard. Jack couldn't see a thing.
"That's right, you're just human!"
A dark vine shot out of the ground towards Jack. Jack reacted quickly and cut it in half. Another few shot from each side while one wrapped around his leg. He quickly cut the one from his leg and started to run from the vines.
"Running, are we?! You're weak! Just give up and let me kill you!"
Vines shot out of the ground from under him. Jack jumped up and kept running. He trained for this. This exact moment.
"Remember." Said Kotomi. "A demon only uses nasty tricks. The trick of Adrian is to attack you with dark vines. He will fire from every direction."
"How the hell will I survive that?"
"Just run towards your target. The vines might be hallucinations. Or not."
Okay, Kotomi's advice sucked. But her training didn't. He jumped over some more vines.
"This world isn't for human..."
Adrian stopped talking. He suddenly felt something hit him...and then it went through his skin.
Jack smirked a little when his sword poked through his chest.
"You're done." Said Jack. "You will never lay another finger on my family."
Adrian grinned and spat out a bit of blood. "You won't be able to safe her from the darkness."
"Watch me."
Jack retracted his sword. Adrian fell down with a scream. Darkness surrounded his body and he dissolved into thin air.
"No!" Ferr ran towards Adrian. Darkness surrounded him too and within seconds he disappeared into the void as well.
The blizzard subside. Everyone stared in awe and Jack took a deep breath out of exhaustion. What a battle...
"Mommy..."
He turned around. Elsa was still on her knees with the little boy by her side. Her ice dress was a bit torn. She was shaking a little bit.
Jack walked towards her, but the boy took a few steps back. He was holding a small baby in his arms. Jack stopped in his tracks and crouched down.
"Don't hurt us." Whispered the small boy in fright.
"Don't worry, I won't...Hendrik." Whispered Jack.
Hendrik's eyes widened. "How do you know my name?"
Elsa looked at Hendrik with a small smile. "He is your father, sweetie. This man's name is Jack."
"He is my papa?"
Jack nodded. "I came home to save you, little man."
Hendrik started to smile brightly. Jack smiled the same smile back. The little boy finally met his real father.
"You were really brave." Said Jack.
"I was?" Asked Hendrik.
"Yeah...you stood up for your mother against a scary demon! Not many boys would do that...and if I may add, who is the little kid in your arms?"
Elsa swallowed nervously. She quickly stood up and opened her mouth, but gasped when the pain struck her. She almost fell down, but Jack jumped up and caught her just in time.
"Elsa!"
"Jack!" Frederick, Anna, Naomi, Kristoff and Hiccup ran into the room. "The witches have won! The guards of...wait, what happened here?"
Jack pulled Elsa close to his chest. "Good. Let's clean the mess up..."
Elsa pushed him away and stepped forward. "Clean the mess up, put the guards of Adrian into the cellars, Gerda take Nanna over from Hendrik and take my son to his bedroom, David, make sure the army of Hiccup feels welcome in out kingdom and..."
She looked with a smile at Anna. "Anna, I've missed you..."
"Elsa!" Anna ran towards her and wrapped her arms around her.
"An..."
"Never let me go again! I don't ever wanna leave again when you're in peril!"
"I am fine, Anna." Said Elsa. She did her best not to whimper when Anna wrapped her arms around her. It really hurt with her blue spots.
Anna released Elsa and stepped back. "Sorry. You must be tired as hell. How about you go up stairs and we will take care of the rest?"
Elsa shook her head. "No, I am the queen. I need to..."
"Elsa, you need to rest." Said David.
"No. I'm okay..." Elsa rubbed over her neck. Her throat was still throbbing. "We need to clean up first, then rest, okay?"
"Okay." Said Jennifer. "Damn, this is weird how Jack suddenly came back to life."
Jack looked down at Elsa. She really learned how to take charge...she changed a little. But for the good or the better?
When they were done cleaning up and everything Elsa and Jack went up to their bedroom. Elsa fixed her ice dress a little and pushed through hair.
Jack looked around the bedroom. "Everything is still into place..."
"He didn't change much." Elsa grabbed a chair and sat down. Jack sat down onto the bed and looked at her.
"Come sit next to me for a second." Said Jack.
Elsa stood up and sat next to him. She looked away with a blush when he kept staring at her with a serious gaze.
"Els, look at me..."
Elsa slowly looked back at him. Her whole head was red and it started to snow a bit above her head.
"I-I n-never thought I would see you again..." Whispered Elsa. "After one of his spies told us that you were dead...and after months of torture..."
"He tortured you?" Said Jack.
Elsa looked down. "Not exactly. But he hit me and punched me and...and..."
"Calm down-"
"No, I need to tell you before the council...well, the two left, tell you something that you think is bad and..."
Jack grabbed her hands. Elsa looked up at him with tears in her eyes.
"Continue..."
"He...raped me."
"What?!"
"He raped me. And I was so afraid. I was afraid that he would hurt others too. So, I took the beating, I took his touches over my body..."
"That child." Said Jack suddenly.
"Huh?"
"The child in Hendrik's arms. It was his?"
Elsa pulled her hands back. She stood up. "What if it was?"
"It is?"
Elsa walked to the window. She opened the curtains and looked outside. "I love my daughter, Jack. I know what you're duty as king is when a child isn't yours."
"Elsa..." Jack jumped up. "I'm not like other kings, you know that...look, I just-"
Elsa turned around. She wrapped her arms around herself. "Months have passed, Jack. I need time to get our relationship back on the rails. Things aren't like they used to be. Adrian, he...he..."
Elsa started to sob. Tears streamed down her cheeks. She bit her lip, trying to hold it in, but the tears kept coming. Tears of pain, of regret...
Jack stepped forward and wrapped his arms around her.
"It's okay, Elsa...you can cry in front of me."
"I-I-I thought you died..." Whispered Elsa.
Jack gave her a kiss on her forehead. "Dragons don't die, remember?"
"He told us he burned the camp down...how did you...?" She stopped talking when Jack started to shake a bit.
"I...Frederick, my friend, and I were getting wood for the fire of that night. Just when we wanted to go back to the camp we heard a loud explosion...everyone was dead instantly..."
Elsa looked up at him. He slowly started to sob.
"I shouldn't cry.."
Elsa reached with her hands and cupped his face.
"Remember when you proposed, Jack?"
Jack sniffed. "Yeah?"
"Back then you also cried. Look, we can always cry together, okay? I don't mind seeing you cry. To be honest, I'm just glad to have you back."
"Me too, Elsa. Me too."
TO BE CONTINUED