Ares runs through the castle halls, searching for any signs of Bryn and the sisters.
"Bryn!?"
He checks inside the study, the same study where they had been arguing just a few minutes before.
"Elsa! Anna?"
Ares stops running. Beginning to think the worst, he starts to run his fingers through his hair. "Fuck!" he screams through clenched teeth. He crumbles to the ground and sinks to his knees. His arms drop to the hardwood floor, his breathing heavy, chest heaving in and out.
His eyes shoot open to the sound of another's voice, "Ares, over here!"
Ares turns around to see Bryn standing in a doorway, he gets up while letting off a sigh of relief.
Ares enters the dining room, "Bryn! Are, are you okay?"
"Yeah, can't say the same about Elsa and Anna though, they're a little shaken up."
Ares walks over to the sisters, both sitting around the table, and takes a seat. Anna in tears, Elsa frightened but trying to comfort her sister.
Elsa is the first to speak, she grabs Ares' hand, "I'm glad you're okay."
"How are you guys?"
"Just a little scared that's all." Elsa tries to lighten the mood, "It's not like it's the first time someone has tried to take my life."
Anna interrupts before Ares can respond, but keeps her eyes fixed on her sister. "Ares why would someone try to hurt us!?"
"I don't know Anna, but I'm going to find out."
"If you and Bryn didn't show up, they would have kil-"
Ares cuts the young princess off, and wipes the tears from her face. She turns to him, seeing the passion he has for her and her sister in his eyes. "No, don't say that, I'll never let anything happen to you or Elsa. You two are my family, and I'll protect you two like I've done with Bryn my whole life. I promise."
Anna mumbles out a barely audible "Okay," as she falls into her sister's arms.
With that, Ares gets up and walks across the room to his brother, who's sitting on the door, arms crossed as he thinks hard on the situation. "Bryn, we have one of them still alive, I threw him in a cell."
Bryn interrupts, "Alright, let's go get some answers then."
"No Bryn, I'm going alone."
"Why? I want to help."
"You're the only one I trust to protect Elsa and Anna right now, I need you here."
"But the guards can-"
"Dammit Bryn, they're safest with you, just stay here. After I get some answers were going to the local brotherhood." Ares leaves the room, Bryn staring back at his brother, until the door finally shuts once again.
"Wait what? Brotherhood? In Arendelle?"