Baragor slammed his fist down. Blast that tricky little man.
Hans.
The Westerguard snarled. How did he do it? How did that little worm squeeze in and out, and through every trap set for him?
Throw him in prison, he escapes. Send assassins after him, he kills them. Lock him on a ship, set him on fire, and torture him, and they guy SWIMS HOME!
He had more lives than a cat. He had more lives than a litter of kittens.
HOW WAS THIS POSSIBLE?! HOW WAS HE BACK?!
...
Of course, Baragor had taken precautions; the entire palace had been searched, the town turned upside down, and each and every one of the townspeople were arrested and interrogated. That had been both difficult and time-consuming.
Perhaps Anna was just imagining things. Not that Baragor could do anything about that. He had circulated the rumor that Hans was indeed the Black Spot. Therefore the authorities were on the lookout already. Kristoff was overprotective, so forcing the girl out of hiding was impossible. After all, if the people's princess was being threatened by pirates, she had to be protected by the mighty Westerguards! Therefore Baragor had to wait for Hans to make his next move.
Which meant that somewhere, out there, their little brother sat and plotted.
What was his game? Baragor sat in his office, scheming. This whole affair was turning into a disaster. If Hans was alive, if somehow he had managed to wring the truth out of Elsa... he knew- or at least suspected- that she had nothing to do with reneging on the deal. Which meant Hans had to confirm his suspicions. Baragor had known from the beginning that there was a chance that the younger Westerguard would figure it out, which was why right now the treaty would be in the last place anyone would expect to look; a Councilor's room.
Of course, Kristoffer knew the truth, so he had to be dealt with as well. Baragor felt this would be simple enough; simply trick his somewhat simpler brother into believing that Hans was out to harm Anna. Then Kris would never help Hans. Perhaps the two might even battle it out.
Regardless, pieces had to be properly coerced. Since Hans lacked the decency to die swiftly, this forced the interim ruler to take desperate measures into his hands. Perhaps...
"Yes!" Shouted Baragor. That was it! It was so simple! He could simply lie to Anna! Naturally, she wouldn't believe him, so all he had to do was convince Kristoffer to go along with it!
Tell her that Hans had approached Kristoff in a bid for revenge, and died. Kris would go along with it to get his girlfriend out, and the two brothers would then be on the lookout for the when the real Hans decided to show up.
Then they would kill him. Anna would marry a Westerguard prince, and the whole thing would be a bunch of technicalities- perhaps they broke the law with this invasion, perhaps not. Most importantly, Baragor himself would not prosecuted.
Now all they had to do was convince Princess Anna that she was just imaging things!
How hard could that be?
Unless...
What if she wasn't?
Baragor considered, for a moment, the fact that he had been informed that Hans and Elsa had left Arrendelle on a ship bound for the Southern Isles. He had been informed by one of his old pirate associates. It made no sense, of course, for Kristoff to save the couple.
...ew. No way were Hans and Elsa a couple!
Still, the most logical answer was that they were dead, and the pirate was lying. If not, the chances of that ship safely reaching his home was almost nil. Not with the 'happa Hans' hatred raging strong in the hearts of his associates.
It was much easier to believe that Hans had somehow survived the encounter with Elsa. Or that someone was stalking Anna. Whatever the case, he had to get this wedding wrapped up- now!
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