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Anna was in the en suite bathroom of the Queen's chambers, she was being prepared for the night. In the end she was forced to agree to the marriage. She was in daze in the entire ordeal, she was forced into signing her name on a cursed marriage contract because of her loud mouth. She hugged her knees close to her chest in the tub filled with warm water, she sobbed.
A Few Hours before.
"No. I will never!I will never marry that woman even if I am carrying her child!" After her outburst she gasped and had her eyes widened as she covered her mouth with her right hand.
"What?!" the others, except for Elsa and Rapunzel, had asked in unison
"Your Majesty, are you aware of this?!" the Duke angrily asked the Queen, but she didn't answer.
"And Rapunzel. . . you knew too?" King Frederic had asked his daughter but she didn't answer. "For how long?" This time he was addressing Anna.
Anna didn't answer but instead she met the disappointing glare from Rapunzel. Out of the people in the room, only one seemed delighted by the news.
"Excellent! An heir for the Arendellian throne." the Count of Isles smiled so wide that even his eyes were smiling.
"You do know what this means, Your Majesty." The Duke got what he wanted but he was disappointed that the Queen didn't tell him anything.
"Why else should I be here? I'm sure I am not here to have tea." Elsa sarcastically answered. She seemed livid at the moment.
"Would you even expedite your marriage if King Arkyn didn't threaten you?" the Count of Isles asked in distaste. "Will you even tell us that she's with child?!"
"What do you think?" Elsa glared at him.
"Why you-" the Count was about to pounce on her but he was restrained by Marshall.
"M'lord, please." Marshall said.
The Count huffed and nodded. "I'm alright." he said and Marshall had let go of him. "Now we have another reason for this marriage to proceed."
Anna had doomed herself, she should've taken Rapunzel's advice and kept her pregnancy to herself. Now she was trapped.
"Don't I get a say about this?" Anna asked.
"No, you do not. As you can see I am the Queen and I can't even do a damn thing!" Elsa growled.
Anna's nose flared in anger and had pushed the Queen, fortunately, the latter managed to balance herself before she hit her head on one of the shelves there.
"This is all your fault! If you hadn't killed my grandfather this wouldn't happen! It's your all damn fault!"
"My fault?! Your precious grandfather had my entire family killed!" Elsa's hand twitched, she wanted to break something, anything.
"You're lying!" Anna's voice wavered and lacked conviction unlike before. She was trying to put on an act of being a victim and yet her heart was not on it.
"BOTH OF YOU ENOUGH!" the Count bellowed. "You little Eldr girl, you don't know who your grandfather really was! That damn fool was the greediest man I've ever met. Killing his own fa-"
The door suddenly opened, revealing the High Priest. "I hope I am not late." the old man could feel the tension in the air.
"No. Please let's start the ceremony." the Count composed himself and smiled.
Anna stood up from the bath and Gerda dried her with a towel before a dark green night robe covered her body. She and Gerda got out of the en suite and proceeded to brush her hair in front of the vanity, while there's a figure sitting on the chaise with a glass of wine in hand. Anna's teal eyes were glaring at the figure on the chaise through the mirror.
"There, it's done. Good night Lady Eldr. Your Majesty." Gerda bowed and left the room, leaving the newlyweds in their room. It may not have been the official marriage ceremony but still on the papers, they were legally spouses.
There was a long silence between them before Elsa spoke.
"To think I went all the trouble doing that." Elsa let out a humorless laugh as she failed to delay her inevitable marriage. She thought questioning Anna's fertility would help her escape it but instead she was pushed into doing it early. It then complicated the promise she gave Rapunzel, so in order to satisfy both the order and the promise, she put on a show to make the Duke believe by staining the sheets with her own blood. Of course only three other people knew about her deception. "I still ended up marrying you, of all people." her words had reached Anna's ear.
"Do you think I wanted this?" Anna rose from the chair in front of the vanity, her outburst was ignored by the Queen. "You could've done something if you didn't want me!
Elsa rose as well and had cornered Anna against the wall. "As I said I had no choice!"
"You always have a choice! You had the choice of not coming to Arendelle but still you did! You had a choice of not defiling me!"
Elsa threw her wine glass into the fireplace. "To tell you honestly I was disgusted by touching someone like you!"
Slap.
Anna's right hand was stinging in pain as she slapped the Queen's face, her hand trembling in anger. "That's for defiling me." she angrily stated before she swung her left hand and slapped the Queen's other cheek. "That's for killing my grandfather." Those slaps were long overdue.
Elsa's face was red, not only from the slaps she received but also to the anger rising in her head. No had dared to lay a hand on her, well except for Rapunzel, but this lowly lady had the audacity to hurt her. She flexed her jaw and glared at Anna. She could kill her in an instant, she would if she could. Elsa's breathing became heavy, she wanted to calm herself but she couldn't, her bloodlust was clouding her mind. She swiftly unsheathed the hidden dagger from her boot and had pointed it to Anna.
"I want to kill you. I want your blood staining my hands." Elsa said through her teeth.
Anna did her best not to flinch. "Kill me! Once you kill me, you also killed this child inside me."
Elsa knew what Anna was doing, the latter was using their supposed child to her advantage. "Do you think I am afraid if that child will live or not?" In total honesty, Elsa was afraid for her people, not for her own. She only did it for the sake of the innocent Arendellians. She taunted King Arkyn and Queen Yelena, she once told Anna that she didn't need her to keep her crown but it was only half truth. Elsa knew Anna's true value and sooner or later she would have to marry the woman in front of her and she did, despite her protests. Elsa did all those using her confidence. . . her false confidence but she would make sure to be the most powerful Queen Arendelle had ever seen.
"Y-Y-You cold blooded murderer! You would k-k-kill your own child?!" Anna was baffled.
"I would." Elsa uttered offhandedly.
Anna swung her hand once again but this time it was blocked by Elsa.
"Enough." Elsa gripped Anna's wrist tight, making the strawberry blonde winced in pain. "Do not test me further, you'll regret it."
"It hurts!" Anna tried to take back her hand. Elsa released her abruptly, making her stumble a little. "You're heartless!"
Elsa didn't retort, instead she threw her dagger in Anna's direction, purposely missing her and had hit the wooden wall instead, embedding itself on the wall. "One more word from you and I'll make sure you'll bleed to death."
Anna shook in fear as she saw the dagger from the corner of her eye, only about a few centimeters away from her head. Her legs gave up, making her sit on the carpeted floor. The Queen could kill her if she wanted to. She knew the Queen was dangerous but not like this. Her teal eyes were watching the latter unbuttoning the top button, revealing the vertical slit of her shirt on the top most part.
There was something bothering Anna, the Queen said she was disgusted by touching her but if she was then why did she do it?
"I want to ask you a question." Anna almost squeaked when Elsa's glaring eyes were on her. Anna persevered and asked. "You told me that you were disgusted by touching me but why did you still do it?"
"I don't answer to you." Elsa glared. "Go to bed."
"No." Anna answered defiantly and rose from the carpeted floor.
Elsa stood up and roughly swept Anna from her feet and unceremoniously tossed her to bed then got on top of her.
Anna panicked and squirmed as unpleasant memories rushed through her head. "No!" She pushed Elsa with so much force but she didn't budge.
"I told you not to test me further." Elsa kissed Anna's jawline down to the column of her neck.
"Help!" Anna shouted.
"Silence!" Elsa growled and raised her hand, but then she saw Anna's face.
Anna saw this and had closed her eyes and waited for pain to hit her face but none came. She slowly fluttered her eyes and saw Elsa's hand in mid-air. She watched Elsa curled her hand into fist and scrambled out of the bed. Anna sat up as she continued to watch the Queen's movements.
Elsa was pacing and was breathing heavily, trying not to harm any object in sight. She knew she was turning more violent every second passed, she had to get out and have some time alone but she couldn't. She had to stay in their shared room for the time being, because she would be questioned for leaving her wife alone. She sat down and tried to come up with something that could possibly make things easier for her.
Rapunzel's words rang in her head and as much as she hated it she couldn't do anything anymore. She was forced into this marriage, now Elsa had to look for the silver lining.
Many hours had passed but still both her and Anna were still awake. Elsa had long given up the prospect of sleeping so she took a stack of paperworks and read them, while Anna had taken a random book from the shelves and settled on reading since if she spoke out of turn they would surely argue.
In one of the guest rooms in the castle.
"My Lord, why did you insist on having the Vinter Queen marry the Eldr heiress?" asked the man as he looked at the old man on the other side of the desk.
"Do you think I will let the Duke rule behind the Queen? I only offered my assistance because Runeard had taken someone dear to me. I never truly supported the Vinter Queen, I only wanted Runeard off the throne. Dead preferably."
"And the Vinter Queen had done it for you. She killed Runeard and had his body delivered to you."
"Yes and I enjoyed tearing him into pieces before burning each part of him." he gritted his teeth.
The other man shifted uncomfortably on his spot.
"Why did the Vinter Queen choose Anna as her bride?"
"No. She didn't choose her, she loathed her. Elsa has to marry her because that's what the Duke had promised me. He would persuade Elsa to marry Anna in return for my support. The Vinter girl had no choice but to agree, thanks to the Duke's persuasion. But not all were happy with a foreign Queen to rule them." the old man paused. "But having the Eldr heiress marry the Queen, would unite the two factions. And of course having a person rule with the blood of the Isles would be favorable for me." he smirked. "Then soon the pure blooded heir will be born."
Next Morning.
Anna was tiredly staring at the Queen's form who was reading state papers in their, now shared, bedchamber. Both hadn't slept a wink last night, instead of having a verbal fight, they settled on keeping their mouths shut after Elsa's outburst. She noticed how odd the latter reacted when was about to slap her. From the beginning she had to live with the Queen's confusing actions. First time they met they crossed swords against each other in the throne room, the second and third time they were alone she was sexually attacked by the Queen. The fourth time the Queen succeeded in her pursuit, the proof was now growing inside her. The Queen was cold and violent but then she rushed into her room when the latter thought she was being attacked by the enemy on the night of the coronation. Anna felt utterly confused, she thought Elsa was a lecherous bastard then a beast in the battlefield in a split second but then why did the latter rush into her room as if she was in danger? The latter even had her sleep in the very same room she was in now.
"Did someone ever tell you that it's rude to stare?" Elsa said without looking up from the paper she was reading.
Elsa's tone got into Anna's nerves. "Did someone ever tell you that forcing a woman against her will is unjust?" her sleep deprived self retorted. She saw Elsa's eye twitch in annoyance.
"You liked it. I knew it from the way your womb held me." there was a smirk that followed the sentence. Glacial eyes found Anna's glaring teal ones. "Perhaps this marriage isn't bad after all. Having you every night would be a stress reliever after a long day of ruling the kingdom." Elsa said, all she wanted was to antagonize the woman. "Don't you think so?"
"You are utterly disgusting!" Anna bellowed.
"Hmm so I've been told." Elsa rose from her seat and grabbed fresh clean clothes before going behind the changing screen. After changing, she fixed her hair in a low ponytail. She wore the Arendelle green coat and black waist coat over a white shirt and white cravat. Her trousers were black and paired with black knee high boots. She went to the door and spoke. "Sleep. I'll have Eric stand guard here and I'll have the servants bring you breakfast." she didn't wait for Anna's response and left.
Anna was left dumbfounded once again on how the Queen treated her, at first lewd words had gone out of her mouth then she would have breakfast be brought up for her. "She's confusing." she mumbled and got settled in the bed. The moment her head hit the pillow she instantly fell asleep.
Elsa had told Marshall that she was not to be disturbed. She sat on her high back seat in her study then started her day to plan her next step, despite her lack of sleep. She had listed down her current concerns.
King of the Valley's threat
Northul's threat
The discontented nobles
The rebels
The traitors in the castle
The possible threats in her life
Arendellian people
Family and allies
Anna
Now that she had married Anna, King Arkyn had lost his chance to have the Eldr heiress, but his army would soon follow suit. They needed to be prepared but before that she must quash the rebels and the nobles who didn't like her to be in power. She needed to unite the people and lessen her enemies, those were the reasons why she reluctantly agreed to marry Anna. What Rapunzel had told her was compelling, and of course having the Count of Isles hear her say those words meant there's no going back on her words. Elsa didn't trust the Count, she just let them do whatever they wanted for now, there would be a time when she would put them all into their rightful places. Also there's Northul who would not take the rejection of the marriage alliance lightly and it didn't help that she had provoked the Northulian Queen.
Elsa also needed to be careful and watch who could be trusted and who were the traitors. Undoubtedly the King of Corona was on her side, despite their different way of thinking, however Rapunzel was another matter. The Coronan Princess had placed doubts in Elsa's heart. What Rapunzel wanted her to do was have the Eldr heiress love her, that would mean Elsa has let go of the hate towards Anna in order to do that herculean task. She doubted she could ever do that. The Duke of Weselton has a goal of his own, and she might have had a clue on what it was about.
Then Anna. Elsa could only shake her head at the ridiculousness of the situation she was in. Glacial eyes had found themselves staring at the wounds she did to herself. There were two faint lines on her right index finger. The first was intentional but the other one was an accident. . . sort of. Elsa had used her right thumb to caress the first fading wound, then flashes of memories came on how she got it.
On the night of the banquet.
Elsa clenched her hands and gritted her teeth before completely slipping the dress off from Anna, she doesn't have a choice. She stared at the beautiful creature. She couldn't deny that Anna was attractive and yet repulsive to her. She hated the Eldr woman with every fiber of her being but she wouldn't resort into this kind of revenge, she rather face Anna with a sword than do this. Elsa reached out to run the back of her finger on Anna's soft skin. She leaned closer towards Anna's neck to breathe in her scent. She closed her eyes as her hand reached up near the strawberry blonde's hair then she felt something cold on finger, her eyes fluttered open and stared at the cold thing under her pillow before turning her gaze back to the sleeping figure under her.
Pale hand had pulled the metallic item under the pillow and it revealed her own dagger. Elsa paused for a moment to stare at the sheathed dagger then Anna. The gears in her head turned, as an idea had struck her. She didn't want to touch the lady beneath her but she had to give proof of taking Anna's purity. Elsa had unsheathed the dagger before wounding her right index finger and had her blood dripped to the pristine bed sheet. Once she was satisfied with the blood stained sheet, she needed to make Anna believe she was touched. Despite her disgust on what she was about to do, she proceeded to mark Anna's freckled shoulders, collarbone, then her neck.
After marking the unconscious strawberry blonde haired lady, Elsa had scrambled off the said lady and sat on the other side of the bed.
"I'm sorry." Elsa gritted her teeth as her eyes were on the reddish marks on Anna's skin, she covered her with a blanket. "I had to do it. Everyone must believe that I took you and you as well." Elsa got out of bed and opened the french doors and went out to the balcony. Her glacial eyes found the dark blue colored fjord, shining under the moonlight.
"Mother, Father, am I doing the right thing?" she asked in the wind. "You must've hated how I became. . . a monster." Elsa sighed. "I killed so I could live, I deceived just to escape the inevitable . . . even just for a moment."
Elsa had to make the pregnancy much more believable, surely there's something that could trigger the symptoms of pregnancy.
"I shouldn't have said those words so I didn't have to do this." Elsa glanced at the bare sleeping figure on the bed. She placed her fingers on her lips. "To think I lost my first kiss to my enemy."
"Things have become more complicated than ever. They believe Anna is with child." Elsa sighed tiredly. "I shouldn't have gone to the trouble of deceiving them if I was inevitably forced to marry her. Now I have to maintain this charade, no matter how tiring it would be."
Elsa continued to ponder for about half an hour, until she heard voices on the other side of the door.
"Your Grace, Her Majesty, is not to be disturbed."
"I need to discuss an important matter with her."
"With all due respect-Your Grace!"
Elsa heard Marshall's voice then the door was opened, revealing the Duke of Weselton. Elsa merely stared at the calm facade of the Duke.
"My utmost apology Your Majesty, His Grace insisted-"
Elsa raised her hand. "It's alright Marshall. Leave us." her personal guard obeyed and had closed the door. "Please have a seat." she interlaced her fingers, waiting for a long lecture.
None of them bothered to strike up a conversation. They were silent for minutes before the Duke cleared his throat.
"You did great."
Elsa's eyebrow almost reached her hairline at the Duke's words. She did great on what?
"On?" Elsa asked.
"An heir, Elsa. You will have an heir." the Duke smiled so wide. "This only means the blood of the Vinter line will continue."
Elsa deliberately ignored his words and asked. "No lecture today?"
The Duke chuckled. "I was thinking of giving you one but now you did what we asked, but not only that, you even managed to impregnate her -in whatever means necessary-, you exceeded my expectation as always. I'm proud of you."
Elsa rose from her seat and scoffed loudly. "Proud of me?" she incredulously asked. "Do you think forcing me to marry her and doing ungodly things to her are something to be proud of?!"
The Duke of Weselton dismissed her words. "You are the Queen, you shouldn't concern yourself about those trivial things. Now we have to plan the wedding for the public to see." Elsa glared at him before he continued. "The people are still expecting to see their Queen after the coronation. You are to visit the villages to increase your popularity then after that will be your wedding."
"You had it all planned out." Elsa said in disbelief.
"As I've said, you shouldn't concern yourself with trivial things so you can focus on winning the Eldr support by showing to the people how much power you hold over Anna. Having Anna as your wife will strengthen your position as Queen, now you can turn the tide over to your enemies. You will be invincible."
You'll be invincible
You'll be invincible
Those words rang in Elsa's head in Rapunzel's voice. Her eyes squinted for a split second as she recalled those words. She snickered humorlessly. Of course, the Duke had used Rapunzel to say those words in order to persuade her. She kept on wondering why her cousin turned her back on her. Elsa knew Rapunzel wouldn't betray her just like that, there must have been something that had happened for the latter to agree on whatever the Duke wanted. Did the Duke have something over Rapunzel's head for her to do what she did?
"What do you want next?" Elsa asked.
"Now you have to assure her loyalty to you." the Duke rose from his seat and walked towards the window. "Make her your mind, body and soul, because she is still a potential threat."
Elsa was sure she wouldn't like what would come next. The Duke turned and looked into her eyes.
"Make her desperately in love with you."
"I can't and will not do that. She's an enemy and forever will be."
"Good gods Elsa. It was her grandfather who killed your family! Not her! Don't you see that she's also a victim of Runeard's greed?!"
"Victim or not, she's still an Eldr!" Elsa retorted.
"There were other Eldrs out there but you had done nothing to them! But Anna was another matter, she's the legitimate heiress! The only Eldr that matters!"
"I had signed the papers of seizing all Eldr lands and wealth, equivalent to how much Runeard had spent on them. All of those will be reverted back to the Crown, as Runeard was never meant to be king so he had no right to spend the kingdom's treasury for his own pleasure. I am seizing the Eldr castle as well so no one could use it. I will make sure each and everyone that has Eldr blood in their veins would suffer and if they resisted they will be thrown to prison." Elsa stated. "And as for the Eldr that matters, she will be held in my room until the wedding that you graciously planned out-"
"Elsa what are you-"
Elsa raised her voice."-AND she will not be crowned Queen until I say so. Even if we're spouses, she will still be addressed as Lady Eldr."
"Why are you making things difficult?! You have a multitude of problems and still you keep on piling more over them! Just on the first day after your coronation you are facing a possible war from one kingdom. I didn't risk my neck for you so you could have the shortest reign in Arendelle's history!"
Elsa pounded her fist on her desk. "I didn't ask for you to do that for me! It was you who came to Corona and had pledged your loyalty to a child! Since then my life was only dedicated to military training and extensive education! You and my Uncle have ruled my life long enough!"
The Duke's facial expression softened. "I- I just wanted you to find the peace you always wanted."
"Peace? There will never be peace the moment I killed Runeard. Everyone will conspire against me so they can remove me from power." Elsa responded calmly.
"Anna will be your peace." the Duke said and cut off whatever Elsa wanted to say. "Just hear me out, please." the Duke pleaded.
Elsa reluctantly agreed.
"When Runeard took the throne, the only choice I had was to pledge my loyalty to him, but after months of serving him I just couldn't ignore the deaths of the innocent children, so he could relieve himself from the fear he had from the two children who had more rights to the throne. I went to Corona at my own behest for the reason of you being the rightful heiress of Aren's crown and bearer of the Weselton blood. Then I came back to court as discreetly as possible and met the four year old Crowned Princess and Heiress of Runeard for the first time."
The Duke couldn't fathom how an innocent and cheerful girl was the granddaughter of the man who ordered such slaughter. "Anna is a sweet girl and intelligent, she's well educated and of course a beautiful one. As I stared at her innocent four year old self, I knew she had to be eliminated when the time comes for you to take what's rightfully yours. However a letter arrived from your Uncle stating your . . . physical difference - and was asked to keep it a secret."
"Is that what you call it?"
"Doesn't matter what I call it. Anyway, my plans had changed since then, instead of eliminating the former princess from the game, she would become one of the important pieces. A pawn that could turn into a Queen. Since you are able to sire a child, I had decided that she could be useful for our cause and she had proven that she was."
"In what way?"
"If we had her removed, then we would have to look for a suitable bride for you and it would be difficult since many nobles wouldn't want a foreign Queen with a foreign spouse to rule Arendelle. There will be uprising here and there but now there isn't, not even one, because we kept her alive. And also through her we gained a powerful ally. The Count of Isles."
Elsa was skeptical of the true motives of the Count of Isles. She didn't know the reason why he had turned his back on Runeard and supported her instead, since Runeard was his brother-in-law.
"It was still beyond me why he betrayed him and had pledged his loyalty to the former princess. And if that alone wasn't baffling then this sure is. He was aware of me gathering supporters for you and yet he didn't tattle to Runeard about it, you were just seventeen then. Even after eleven more years Runeard didn't have a clue until I fled months before the battle."
Elsa was in deep thought. "What about the other nobles who turned their backs to Runeard? It was surprising how they didn't say a thing about an invasion."
"They hated him because only a few families benefited from his rule. Count of Isles loathed him."
"What did he want? The Count of Isles I mean."
"Just like what I wanted. Unite the houses of Eldr and Vinter. Count Lanster of Isles sworn his allegiance to our cause if you marry the granddaughter of his sister. He promised not to raise arms against you and not support Runeard. He persuaded the Eldr supporters not to give Runeard an army, hence the forced enlistment of the inexperienced soldiers.'' The Duke's words almost made her laugh. She did expect the Count not to tell how much he wanted to have the remains of Runeard for his personal reason. Nevertheless, Elsa gave Runeard's cold body to Count Lanster.
"What did he promise them?"
"That Anna will sit on the Arendellian throne as a wife and Queen of the new ruler. You."
"And they were satisfied with that?" Elsa scoffed while she stared on the sleek oak desk in front of her.
"I think they were and since Runeard was a tyrant, a gentle Queen like Anna would be preferable over him."
Elsa chuckled humorlessly. "A gentle Queen like Anna is what they want, not me. It always comes down to her. Should I just hand over all my rights to her to make things easier? But I get to keep my family home and separate it from the entire kingdom. I will make it an independent Duchy and rule it as a Duchess who answers to one but myself."
"And waste everything we worked for? I don't think so."
Elsa sighed. "All I ever wanted was to avenge my family and live quietly in my castle then spend the rest of my life living in the home where I was born and raised even if it was only for a short time. Ending the legitimate Vinter line with me. I will then pass all the rights to the Harolds as the new Ducal dynasty." her glacial eyes were on the Duke.
The Duke tutted "You had it all planned out but I am not sorry to inform you that your blood line will not end with you. It will continue much longer." he met Elsa's eyes. "Elsa, I've heard both of you were arguing the entire night. This can't go on like this. You have to win her affection."
If Elsa would say no, their conversation would turn into another shouting match. "I'll think about it. And I would appreciate it if you stop invading our privacy."
"Hardly. The maids and the guards had heard shouting from your room. If you want your affairs to be private then refrain from shouting it out for the world to hear." The Duke had a point. "Please Elsa try, maybe you'll even find this favorable for you. All you have to remember is Anna is not Runeard. Give her a chance."
"I already told you that I will think about it." she felt the irritation rise inside her as the Duke kept on pushing it. "That's the end of it. You can see yourself out."
"I- Very well. Good day, Your Majesty and for your sake please have a rest."
The Duke left and Elsa thought she would have the time for herself but as soon as the Duke of Weselton left, the Duke of Wester came in.
"Your Majesty, I would like to speak to you."
Elsa could only mentally groan.
"Come in." she stated.
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