Elsa- later that day

"What was that? Did you see that smile!? She's fallen for someone else!" Kristoff and I had gone to my office to discuss the current situation. He was pacing the length of the room, panicking like mad.

"Kristoff," I said, trying to get him out of his thoughts.

"I mean, what does he have anyway? Not a wedding band matching Anna's, that's for sure!"

"Kristoff."

"Anna and I have ten years under our belt! Not to mention a five year old daughter! She can't quit now!"

"Kristoff! Stop it!" I finally shouted. He stopped mid-step. I squeezed his hand to try to comfort him. He looked at me, about ready to cry. "Stop fretting over this. You don't even have proof that she's fallen in love with him. Calm down."

"I know," he sniffled. "I know. But I just... " He threw his arms around me and hugged me, crying on my shoulder.

"Buddy, it's really not something to cry over." I said, patting his back awkwardly. He let me go and looked me in the eyes. I took his hand again and squeezed. "You and I both know that Anna loves you and Alice so much. She wouldn't ever hurt you two by cheating." He sniffled and nodded. He had stopped crying, but still didn't look convinced. "But, if it makes you feel any better, I have a plan."

"What is it?"

"Your going to follow Anna at least six steps behind her, well hidden so she doesn't speculate."

"You want me to spy on my wife?"

"...Well, yes. But when you put it like that it sounds worse than it actually is."

"That is a total invasion of privacy."

"True, but there isn't much of another way. Anna's probably not going to come right out and announce that she's cheating on you. It would be a massive scandal, one she knows we can't afford. You heard what happened in France, and even the Russian civil war all those years ago. Something like that could spell out the end of the monarchy."

"I'm sure we could find other jobs in the village. No big deal. So you lose your job, so what?"

"Kristoff, if there is a revolution, they are going to publicly execute the royal family."

"Oh. What if we stepped down from the throne willingly?"

"They would still be afraid we would rally against them if we decided whatever government they installed was garbage. Anyhow, if I was no longer queen, there would be an excuse to burn me at the stake for being a witch. Since Ella has the same ability, they would kill her too. I'd like to avoid that."

"I see your point. Alright, I'm in!" We shook hands. "I assume you have to stay here and look after the kids?"

"Unfortunately yes. Otherwise I would be right there with you." He nodded in understand.

"Thanks, Els."

"Anytime, Kris." He smiled and walked away, disappearing into the corridor. Anna walked in a couple minutes later.

"Elsa, we need to talk," She announced. "I want to send Alice to boarding school."

"What?" I couldn't believe what I was hearing. "Anna, the nearest school is in London, England. Alice would never want to be that far away from her family. Besides, she's still practically a baby! She needs constant attention from us, and gets scared easily. Who in their right mind would send their clingy five year old daughter to another country for years of nothing but school, no breaks or anything?"

"She can take it," Anna said with a shrug. "She needs to toughen up."

"Does your husband know about this?"

"Why does he need to know?" I dropped my jaw so far and so fast, I was afraid it would be dislocated.

"Anna! Alice is just as much Kristoff's daughter as she is yours!" I shouted once I recovered from my shock. "You of all people should know that Alice means more to him than anything!"

"Even our marriage. He never wants to be romantic anymore. He works for weeks in the mountains in the summer, and has meetings with you and Adam or is focused on the kids. He comes into our room dead tired and just sits on the bed to undress and change before just falling asleep." She sighed and sat down in one of the chairs across from my desk. "I think he loves the kid more than me. Maybe if she leaves, he'll give me more attention, and she'll learn not to be so clingy." Anna ranted. I shook my head.

"He's doing the right thing, loving Alice more than you. You should love Alice more than him. She's your baby girl. She should be the world to you. You don't need to be jealous of her for taking up Kristoff's attention, it's what dads do. They shower their children in affection."

"How would you know? Ours didn't, especially not to you." Anna retorted. That hurt so bad. I felt my heart shatter at that. I wanted to fire back, but I knew it would start an argument. Instead, I sighed.

"Anna, I'm not going to allow your daughter to go to boarding school until she is fifteen, at least. She can learn from our tutors here in the castle until then." I stated firmly. Anna glared at me. I stared back with a neutral expression. We held our gaze in a brutal staring contest until Anna finally blinked, muttering a curse as she did so.

"Fine, you win. I'm going to get ready for my da... my meeting with Mathew. Good afternoon." With that, my sister stomped away. I shook my head.

"Kristoff is not going to like what he sees tonight." I muttered. I was pulled from my thoughts by the giggling of the girls as they ran by, no doubt on their way to get into some mischief. Or find some chocolate. Probably the latter. I decided to follow them and ended up hanging out with them the rest of the day.

(And I was right about the chocolate.)