Preview of Chapter 27 at the end
DO YOU ELSA, TAKE THIS MAN TO BE YOUR LAWFULLY WEDDED HUSBAND?
"Isolde, have the bridesmaid dresses arrived?" Sigrid asked.
Kneeling behind half a dozen wooden trunks, Isolde pops her head up. "Yes, I took them to her Majestie's room earlier when I brought her mother's wedding dress to the Queen. Queen Elsa regarded them favourably and told me to take the bridesmaid's dress to Princess Rapunzels's room and the maid-of-honour's dress to Princess Anna's bedroom. Her original bedroom."
A wisp of consternation crosses her face but Sigrid dismisses it immediately. She has other things on her mind. "I will join you in but a moment, poppet. To help you pack the Queen's clothes and accruements. But right now I'm going to take these uniforms to Prince Eugene, Lord Samuel's and Kristoff's rooms."
Isolde's bright yellow head pops up again, "Kristoff is wearing a uniform?"
Now smiling herself, Sigrid shares the good news Queen Elsa gave her when she told her to fetch from the Royal tailors the uniform she commissioned for Kristoff. Knowing that her best friend had fallen deeply in love for the Sami Ice Harvester, she says, "As of tomorrow, he will be known as Sir Kristoff, Knight of the Realm. Royal Defender of the Queen."
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Kristoff was just returning to his room when he caught sight of the Princess walking down the hallway towards him.
Even as tired as he was, Anna always made him feel better, though in the recent past, she seemed more aloof and distant.
"I'm sure this whole wedding charade has been keeping her from being her usual self." he was trying to convince himself.
But try as he might, he couldn't place her change in herself or to him on the wedding alone. The fact that they've gotten this far was amazing in itself. But the events to come soon were even more so.
So why wasn't all the time he spent here in the castle with Anna bringing them together? Sure, there was lot of work to be done. Most of it without her company. But during the time he was with her, why weren't they getting closer? He knew that she and Elsa were getting tighter because of the wedding. Women always acted more emotional than men during marriage.
But why wasn't HE getting emotional with Anna as he thought he would? It was certainly genuine affection he felt for her when he first met her, though it took sometime for him the recognize it. But after the Great Thaw, their relationship took off and he was the happiest guy in the world.
Now, months later, that giddy glow seemed to fade a little. Not only from what he noticed from Anna, but himself as well.
"Hi Anna, how are you doing? Good start meat-head!" he thought to himself.
"I'm okay, but how are you doing? You must have been so busy working so hard? I'm sorry for not helping. I haven't been myself lately but I was acting foolish and selfish. I'm going to help and make this wedding special for Elsa and our people." Anna appeared more peppier.
"Well, all the major work is done. Kai and Gerda are going to make sure all the little details are finished. I think Rapunzel was going to ask you to join her and Elsa tomorrow morning to get ready for the wedding." Kristoff responded.
"Yes, of course. The bridesmaid dresses are ready. I had Isolde deliver them to our... Elsa's bedroom this afternoon. Sigrid will assist John Samuels tomorrow, but I think he's going to be fine by himself. She does seem to have bonded to him in the last few days?" Anna reflected.
"Not surprising considering how much time she spent with him. They look good together. Speaking of being together...I was just going to change and get some dinner before I turn in. Would you like to join me?"
"Of course Ice Master, or should I say: Sir Kristoff?" Anna beamed. Grateful for all his hard work, Elsa decided to bestow knighthood onto the young lad who played so much of an unofficial role in the castle. Now considered as family, Elsa planned to officially confer his kinghthood at the wedding tomorrow.
"We can meet downstairs when you're ready? I have got to tell you something because you're a man and I need your opinion on how to answer a letter I got from Count Slimey."
Smiling from the recognition, "You got a letter from Count Guillermo Deldares?" Kristoff was puzzled.
Nodding her head, she takes his arm and walks him to his room.
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The last twenty-four hours were so exhausting thought Rapunzel to herself. Plopping down on the bed beside her husband, she wasted no time taking off all her clothes and stretching out nude, modesty be damned.
Flynn was in no mood to do anything about the inviting warm body next to him. He was so tired himself that he was already snoring by the time his wife decided to turn in. Both he and Kristoff spent the whole day directing the work gangs to prepare the chapel for the wedding and the dining halls for the evening feasts. Hundreds of servants and hired help all followed the direction of the two men, while being ultimately supervised by the Princess of Corona.
So tomorrow morning was the big day! If everything went according to plan, they would get up at five in the morning and get Elsa prepared for the ceremony which would start at nine.
Rapunzel was used to getting up before dawn, and in these northern climes during the summer, the sun rose early indeed.
Kai and Gerda insisted that they would supervise all the work crews during the night. They would make sure that the things that still required final touches would be completed. Monitoring the legions of cooks, waiters, attendants and other servants needed to host such an event as this also were supervised by the old trusted duo that served their parents so well.
The mayor had organized the festivities in the city and all the streets were decorated with banners of the royal crest along with ribbons and flowers coloured purple and green signifying the colours of Arendelle. Dozens of American flags with the circle of stars in the blue canton were also interspersed with the flags of Arendelle.
The newlywed couple would be riding the Royal carriage through the city before completing the circuit back to the courtyard where hundreds of citizens would be celebrating and dining later. Many other venues throughout the city were also prepared because Elsa wanted as many of her subjects to be part of the important event.
The invited dignitaries would be joining the royal family within the castle for the evening banquet which was expected to last well into the night.
"Eugene, wake up! Eugene!" Rapunzel gently shook her husband.
Flynn stirred slightly and his trademark grin slowly appeared on his face as his mouth uttered incoherently the words "The name's Flynn, Flynn Rider... Zzzzzz." before falling back asleep.
In the waning candlelight, she sits up in their bed. "I think I hear something...?"
"Zzzzzzz... snore, zzzzzzz." was the only response from her lover.
The glass doors leading to the private balcony were slightly opened, and a soft breeze caused the closed curtains to rustle.
Unusual.
Normally in the summer heat, the doors would be fully open to let in the cooler nighttime air and the curtains roped off. Rapunzel was certain her safety would be assured by the night-time guards patrolling the grounds below. Still, something felt amiss and she got up and headed to the balcony.
In the gloom, candlelight caused the shadows to play in the bedroom. Walking naked across the room, she wondered if her eyes were playing tricks with her? The closed curtains seemed to conceal ...something. Or someone.
Wishing she still had her frying pan that served her so well in the past, she picks up the iron poker as she passes the unused fireplace.
As she nears the curtains, one hand slowly reaches out while her other hand brandishing the iron poker rises above her head.
Her hand reaches for the curtain and quickly pulls it back as she prepares to swing her weapon in response to any intruder.
"Haaah! ..." she cries out. But nothing is there! Walking out onto the balcony she surveys the grounds below, her fireplace tool still in her hand.
"Must be imagining things?" she thought to herself tiredly. She could see torch lights scattered throughout the city beyond the walls. Many night crews were still working to finish the minor jobs still required to be done.
Turning back and heading in, the bright moonlight reflects off her golden hair cascading down her back, muted in the semi-darkness.
She fails to notice the dark shadows moving below her suite along the castle walls and blending into the foliage of the night.
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"Do you realize how complex this is and how difficult it would be to undertake?" the Minister of War asked his liege.
Replying with contempt Prince Josef answers back. "Am I the only one who has thought this through? Surely as War Minister, didn't you and the rest of the Generals and Admirals of my fathers military forces see the conclusions in all those minor conquests you undertook against those savages in Africa and the Middle-East?"
Reeling back as if slapped, his War Minister glares at the Prince before responding with his anger in check. "Those campaigns cost us thousands of men and matériel! And those savages you claim they were, fought us tooth and nail with modern weapons and were well organized. They might not have been equal to our forces but we bled red in those victories!"
Unimpressed, Josef stares him down."Yes, well where do we stand now after you have rested on your laurels, My Lord Duke? I plan to take us where we have never been before. I will carve us out an empire the world has never seen. Greater than the Greeks! Greater than the Romans, or the Mongols, the Spanish, the French or the British Empire! I will stop these American in their tracks, before they can build upon that vast continent they call North America! There will be no future American Empire!"
A few of the assembled men stare at the Crown Prince with the same determined look. But most seemed unsure what to do next or what their future holds. It seemed it would be an all-or-nothing campaign they were about to undertake. And with so many uncertainties that lay ahead, at least half of the male heirs to the crown were worried over their mortality.
Having sensed that his brethren were again lost in his plan, he deigned to clarify what he thought was so obvious.
"Once we have secured both sisters and made them aware of the gravity of their plight, we must further insure that Queen Elsa will comply. Threatening Queen Elsa using the pretense of holding her sister as hostage will at first be easy. However, I predict that within the first week of her surrender, she will demand that her sister be released or that at the very least her safety and well being are assured. She will of course not trust any assurances from anyone of us. That assurance must come from someone she knows and trusts herself. Therefore we must also capture several people close to Princess Anna. Certainly her handmaiden, and that rogue Ice Harvester that Hans witnessed with the Princess. They can be brought before the Queen to verify that we do indeed hold the Princess hostage."
"How do we know that...?" one of his brothers interrupts.
"Silence! I haven't finished! We have been made aware that both Royal Handmaidens and possibly the Ice Harvester will be accompanying the Queen. We are also fortunate that Princess Rapunzel of Corona may also attend. Capturing her would be a bonus for our allies aligned against Corona on the mainland."
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Five in the morning! What an ungodly hour to be waking up, thought Flynn. He vaguely remembered hearing his wife saying that she would be heading over to Elsa's room to get bathed and prepare the Queen. But she was already out the door. Was that her naked but perfectly shaped butt he saw just now, or was that last night?
He couldn't remember.
Must have been last night because however brazen Rapunzel could be in private, she was always proper in public. She wouldn't be walking down the halls nude now, would she? Nahh, that would be topic for a future encounter he hoped for.
Rapunzel went to Anna's room first and knocked. "Anna, do you want to take a bath with me and Elsa first?"
No answer.
Opening the door, she could make out a lion's mane of red-blonde hair amidst strewn pillows. Covers and blankets askew, Anna was still snoring, her nude form sprawled on top.
Nodding her head, Rapunzel agreed it was too hot last night for clothes and blankets, but she suspected that Anna always slept naked. Her limbs sprawled everywhere.
Elsa was probably neater in bed, Rapunzel thought. She figured she was probably somewhere in the middle between these two when it came to her sleeping habits.
"Zzzzzzzz, snore..." came the sound from the petite mouth that made the noise. "How can something so lovely, be so wild and unkempt?" Rapunzel thought with amusement. She could see below the crazy bed-hair and drooling mouth, how beautiful Anna was. Just like her sister. Both born as gorgeous Norwegian Royalty.
Not that she would ever complain about her own looks. By all accounts, the word was that she was the most beautiful woman in all of Corona. But she was the sole princess there. Here in Arendelle, the country boasted two beautiful women as their monarchs.
And though both women have sworn themselves to each other for eternity, what man wouldn't consider himself blessed with either of these two ladies? Surely finding love and happiness with someone special would be any man or woman's dream? She and Eugene were fortunate to have found theirs. And so it would seem with Elsa and Anna.
But some men... and women wanted more than love and happiness. Mother Gothel and Prince Hans came to mind.
No, these people wanted nothing of love. What they wanted was power!
"C'mon Anna, wake up. We need to get ready?" she said gently shaking her cousin.
Blinking open her eyes and yawning, "Okay Punzel, I'm awake, I'm awake." Stretching and scratching her head Anna wipes the drool from her mouth.
"Listen Punzel, I will quickly bathe here and get changed. I will help you make Elsa into the beautiful Snow Queen that she is but I want to try on a couple of things first before I join you, okay?"
"Allright Honey, but make it quick! Just get bathed and dressed. You can put on your makeup with us. Fixing all our hair, mine especially, will take hours!" she smiles as she goes out the door.
Waving absentmindedly after her cousin, Anna orders Isolde to make her bath as she prepares the special garments she intends to wear to the wedding. Elsa may be getting married today to John Samuels, but in her heart, she would be the one saying: "I do!".
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"Would you require anything else of me before I attend the Queen?" Sigrid wistfully asks her future King. Standing in front of him, she is dwarfed by his height.
In truth, he wanted her to stay, but there was nothing else he needed her to do. And in a few hours he would be the King of this realm. And she would be merely one of his subjects. Yes, she held a place far higher in rank than any commoner, but she was still a commoner.
Much like he once was.
But fate was fickle, and like the drill instructor back in the academy who held the rank of Sergeant, he would soon rise far above her just as he did his instructor as soon as he graduated and became an officer with the rank of Ensign.
"No Sigrid, I can dress myself." he answered her back. "Good answer, now she walks out of your life and becomes another faceless servant." his thoughts betrayed his feelings.
Sighing deflatedly, she turns and walks out the door. She turns once ever so slightly and surprises herself by catching the same expression of defeat on his face as the door closes.
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"What manner of ship is that Lieutenant? I need to know now!" the Captain of the ISS Vengence barks at the junior officer.
"Unknown sir, but it appears she comes from Norway, possibly Olso or Arendelle?"
Signal the rest of the fleet to fall back, our squadron will challenge it head on, the other two squadrons will advance from the port and starboard quadrants when they are one thousand yards astern." the Captain ordered.
"Aye, aye sir!"
"The only ship we will allow passage to the North Sea from Scandinavia will be American, but that wasn't supposed to happen for at least two more days?" he pondered. "So any other ship leaving these fjords are potentially hostile, and the Prince wants no-one to enter the North Sea under any circumstances. Especially Arendellian or Coronian."
The minutes ticked by as the intercept squadron advanced at better than twelve knots in the strong winds. His eye glued to his telescope, he watched the unknown warship as it closed with the Vengence and her brood.
"Arendellian ship at two degrees to starboard. Distance ten thousand yards and closing!" he heard from the lookout. "It's a Baldur-class light frigate from Arendelle, by the rigging of her line and the profile we can make from her!"
"Sound General Quarters! All hands to battle stations!"
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"It is absolutely imperative that the Count must not attend the Royal banquet this evening! Under no circumstances must he be available to anyone, especially the royal family, is that understood?"
"Of course, I have already seen to it. I have invited him to my suite in the hotel after the ceremony. Already half a dozen of the finest escorts in Arendelle await us to flatter and seduce that imbecile. And if he hasn't had enough fill of wine, tits and pussy by the time the evening festivities begin, I will have other means of keeping him subdued."
"I don't want him dead, or even injured! But I do want him gone, for at least twenty-four hours. Any longer than that, and his people will be looking for him."
"Do not worry my friend, everything will be ready. When the time is right, we will strike fast and vanish even faster. I have received word that we are also in position on the mainland and on the coast. As long as the Duke does what is expected of him, we can expect no interference from Corona."
"Very well, I will go back to my ship. My son is about to become a King!"
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Knock, knock, knock... "Pssst.. Elsa! Elsa!...it's me, Anna!"
Today was the day! Her dress was a soft purple. Sleek and light, it went down to her ankles. Only the padded and layered shoulders that gave the bridesmaid dress added bulk detracted from the smoothness of the dress. Her perfect figure was clearly visible with the exception of her bosom. Aware that she was still behind her sister in that regard, Anna decided to wear a shelf bra to accent her bosom. And truly did it help as she was now spilling out at the top.
Knock, knock, knock... "Pssst... Elsa, let me in! I know I'm not supposed to see the bride before the wedding but... Wait, what? I'm not the groom!?. Silly me, I'm not getting married today!", a cloud of disappointment flashed across her face but vanished quickly.
More quietly she continued, " I really, really really wish that would be me waiting for you at the altar, but that will never happen... will it?", her voice started to crack. Just then the door quickly opened half-way and a white gloved hand grabbed her by the front of the dress and abruptly pulled her inside.
"Whaaaaa, WAIT!" Anna squealed as one of her exposed nipples from her enhanced cleavage almost popped out from the top of her dress.
She soon found her lips smothered as a soft tongue probed open her mouth. Closing her eyes, Anna accepted the kiss and gave Elsa entrance as she wrapped her arms around her sister's neck.
Throughout the extended kiss, Anna assumed it was her sister who pulled her through the door. Finally, when she had to breath, she blinks open her eyes to see who had so arduously kissed her with so much affection.
She was rewarded by a vision of Royal perfection.
"OH MY GOD! Was that really Elsa?" was all Anna was thinking as she stepped back.
Framed by sunlight from behind, a portrait in flowing white silk and lace stood in front of her. The gloved hand that held up the gossamer veil so the wearer could kiss her now dropped down, partially masking the cruelean blue eyes, pink complexion and ruby red lips of the wearer. And the royal wedding gown of her mother flowed out behind her with a train twelve feet long.
Images and memories of that very dress came flooding back to her. Portraits adorning the walls of her mother and father on their wedding day. Flashes of memory when she was five and trying on that same dress that she found in an armoire in the attic. Daydreams of herself walking down the aisle at her own wedding wearing that very dress!
But nothing could compare to what was standing and smiling in front of her now.
She opened her mouth but nothing came out. She saw those luscious red lips move, but didn't hear a thing. She noted the presence of two feminine hands on her shoulders appearing from behind her, but didn't feel a thing...
"Isn't she the most beautiful creature you ever saw?" a voice whispered close to her ear.
Nodding absentmindedly, Anna dreamily answers Rapunzel back.
"Am I dreaming, Punzel? Have I died and gone to heaven? This is what angels look like, right?"
Elsa also was captivated by what she saw. "Did Anna just jump up two or three cup sizes since yesterday?" she was gazing at the pronounced cleavage her sister was now displaying. And like Rapunzel, the purple bridesmaid gowns clung to both their slim figures.
"Anna? Anna? Snap out of it!" Rapunzel looked to Elsa for help but..., "Elsa? Elsa? ... You too?"
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HMAS Norwegian Wood had just left the the protected fjords of Southern Norway and abruptly changed her course due south instead of the expected route west around the Cape of Scotland. The normal route one would take if she did intend to sail to America.
Barely having traveled one hundred nautical miles, she was immediately beset by a dozen vessels.
"Ahoy, ships directly ahead, distance: ten miles, give or take!" the lookout called from the forecastle of the Norwegian Wood.
The pilot stared in disbelief at his comrade, "What? Already? We shouldn't expect to see anyone this early in our trip? Can you make out their identity?"
"Not yet, but they're bearing down on us on an attack vector. I make out at least six ships at one-hundred and eighty-two degrees. Distance ten miles. Speed, twelve knots."
"Ahoy, vessels off the port quarter!" another sailor yells.
"Ships off the starboard bow!" yells a third man.
"Who were these people? Viktor expected us to sail right into Copenhagen's harbour with the message for their King about Queen Elsa's plan! We weren't expecting to see Danish ships for another two days when we aprroach the mainland?" he thought to himself.
The lookout frantically yelled, "They're from the Southern Isles!"
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As it would turn out, only Anna needed to do her makeup when she came to help her sister. With a wave of her hand, and a little cosmetic magic, Elsa transformed her hair and makeup in almost a blink of an eye. So too with Rapunzel, that the only thing Elsa had to physically do was put on her mother's wedding gown.
"That's it Elsa, you're moving in with me! I'm sorry Anna, but if your sister can brush and comb my hair in less than two seconds, she's going to live in Corona from now on!" Rapunzel enthused. What she expected to take two hours was effectively over in less than a minute! Makeup included!
"Sorry little sister, sorry cousin, but unlike me, you can't wear my ice dresses, so I can only do your hair and makeup. Maybe I should become a hair stylist or cosmetician? You can be Queen, Anna!" Elsa said with uncharacteristic levity.
"But I will be Queen one day, My Heart! I'll be your Queen." Anna said evenly. Elsa locked eyes with her and nodded.
Holding both their hands together, the sisters shared a private moment, understanding completely everthing that union represented.
"Ahem..." came a small sound from Rapunzel. "Before we go downstairs and present ourselves, we need the four somethings."
"Yes, Punzel, we can use all the good luck we can get. How does that go?" Elsa asked.
Anna piped in, "Something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue."
"Okay, well for starters, this dress from mother's is something old." Elsa said.
Rapunzel went to Elsa's dressing table and carefully picked up her full crown that Elsa commissioned to replace the small one she received during her coronation. "This is the new crown you had made your Majesty." Rapunzel handed her the crown.
Elsa also went to her table and picked out a small ring with a sapphire on it. Placing it on her finger she smiles and proclaims, "Something blue!"
"Now all we need is something borrowed?" Rapunzel looked at the both of them.
Smiling, Anna answers her cousin. "Leave that to me!"
Bending forward, Anna takes hold the hem of her gown and pulls it up to display her new panties. Like her new shelf bra she ordered from France, this pair was crotchless, and made her feel wicked when she wore it. Hooking her thumbs on both sides, she begins to lower them.
Rapunzels eyes open wide and Elsa too was surprised. "Anna... really? Now?"
Looking up at the both of them, Anna at first appeared confused. Then she realizes, "No, no silly! Not for that! Here, take them." she succeeds in removing her underwear and gives it to Elsa. "Something borrowed!"
Smling now, Elsa duplicates Anna's performance and exchanges underwear with her sister. Pulling up the cotton garment, Elsa gasps and a shiver runs up her spine as the fabric rubs against her vagina. Even this early in the day, Anna was wet. Eyes locked on her sister, she lowers her wedding dress.
"Thank you, Anna. That was wonderful!" Elsa exhales.
"WOW!" was the only response Anna said slowly.
Not wanting to be outdone, and also aroused by what she just witnessed, Anna looks at the cotton garment of her sister in her hand. She notices a small inscription written in fine script: HRM Elsa.
"So Elsa has her name written on her underwear?" Anna smiles demurely.
Putting the garment to her face, she inhales deep Elsa's fragrance. It's intoxicating! Now with her eyes glued to Elsa's, and Rapunzel watching, Anna lowers the garment in front of her where her other hand still held up her dress. Still focused on her sister's eyes, she uses her fingers and deftly inserts the panties into herself. As her finger pushes the last bit in, she sucks in her breath loudly.
Both women watched in fascination as Anna shudders. With her eyes closed, she let's the hem of her dress fall and smiles at the both of them. Rapunzel was certain Anna had an orgasm, and truthfully, with the moisture she felt in her own loins, she wasn't sure if she had one too?
Several seconds go by with no one saying a word. In the soft afterglow Anna enjoyed, she breaks the spell and clutches the arms of both her kin.
"Let's go get married!" she said to no one and everyone in particular.
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AUTHORS NOTES:
1) A shelf bra is a type of bra that supports the lower part of the breasts, leaving the areola and nipple bare. Shelf bras are equipped with an underwire or an elastic band at the base to lift the breasts up, ad they are often used for the bedroom as opposed to daily wear.
2) ISS Vengence, is a second rate ship-of-the-line war frigate of the Imperial Southern Isles Navy. She displaces 2000 tons and armed with 74 canon on three decks.
3) General Quarters, Battle Stations, or Action Stations is an announcement made aboard a naval warship to signal the all hands aboard a ship to battle stations as quickly as possible.
4) Mother Gothel is the main antagonist of Disney's 2010 animated feature film, Tangled.
Gothel presents herself with a theatrical flair, often flaunting her beauty and curvaceous appearance with much enthusiasm and dramatics. This ties into the fact that Gothel is a phenomenal actress, dangerous manipulator, and riddled with intelligence. Aside from the magic golden flower she selfishly uses to prolong her life, and her life alone, Gothel lacks magical attributes, relying solely on her intellect to achieve her ambitions. She is also very possessive and selfish, which can easily be seen through the fact that she had been hoarding the magical flower for hundreds of years, wihich could have, instead, been a gift to share with an ailing world. [Source: Disney Wiki]
5) "Something old" is the first line of a traditional rhyme which details what a bride should wear at her wedding for good luck:
Something old,
something new,
something borrowed,
something blue,
and a silver sixpence in her shoe.
It is often recited as the "four somethings", not including the sixpence. The rhyme appears to originate in England.
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Preview of Chapter 27
I DO!
She was here once before, and with the exception of Prince Hans and The Duke of Weselton in absentia, all the same guests at her Coronation were probably here today for her wedding.
As she walked up the centre aisle holding onto the arm of her father's dear friend Kai, she reflected back on how all this began...
Scarcely three months ago, four at the most, she was still locked away in her room. Oblivious of world events and the special love of her sister.
Now, the world was at her doorstep, and her sister closer still.
She regretted the deception she had to formulate and the masquerade of a wedding she had to endure, but not the reasons for it.
Truthfully, she would do it again and again if she had to. Oh the details might have changed but the end result would be the same.
She would do it all over again if it meant that the one person in the world that mattered most, Princess Anna, would be with her till her dying day. Loving her to the end when she exhaled her last breath, and the lips of her sister were still wet upon her own.