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The royal progress has moved from Heather Town to Eldr Duchy, so much to Elsa's distaste and Anna's unexplainable feeling she was having at the mere thought of the old childhood home. Elsa had delayed the progress only until after luncheon, since Anna was able to travel without feeling the after effects of alcohol. Both of them had thanked and bid the LaBouffs goodbye, totally dismissing Lady LaBouff's uncouth behavior the previous night and Anna could only smile and offered her friendship, while Elsa didn't show interest nor displeasure at it.

The Duke and the Count's not so subtle smiles were deliberately ignored by Elsa, it was quite irritating to know that some people would have satisfaction, particularly those two, on how her and Anna's relationship was improving. However there was someone who totally disliked what was happening.

The royal retinue were quite apprehensive, especially the royal guards. They were alert more than ever because they were going to the enemy territory. Eldr Duchy was Anna's home, the home of the usurper king Elsa killed in battle. If there were bad sentiments in the capital, it was only a minority but it's entirely different when it comes to this place. Elsa was not afraid of facing any opposition to come in her way but she was thinking of the innocent people who might get caught in the middle of the fray.

Elsa had seen, initiated and ended bloodbath in her time in Corona. Corona may seem to be a peaceful kingdom but no, it was far from peaceful. Elsa had to quell pirates who tried to raid the kingdom she grew up in, she took upon herself that she would protect the kingdom and its people, especially her last living family relatives. But now she has a different priority and she's sitting right in front of her. In order to keep everyone alive and well, she has to keep Anna from any harm.

It irked Elsa that it seemed her reign's stability was entirely in Anna's hands in the eyes of the nobles, because they think Anna's lineage was the only lineage that matters. Elsa earned her position as Queen, she worked for it for years, she soaked her hands with blood to have the throne her family died for. Her mother was an Aren and her father a Vinter, there's no greater bloodline than those two that currently runs in her veins. But the belief of Anna's bloodline as the true heir stayed in people's minds for decades.

The only thing –rather a person – she didn't earn on her own efforts was Anna. This beautiful creature she wanted to loathe for her entire life but she couldn't, Anna was a victim of the people's machinations around her, as Elsa was. Elsa wouldn't admit it but she envied Anna's innocence and bright disposition, the light that was taken from her and left her in darkness. She lost the light to dissolve the darkness of hatred, manipulation, harsh child indoctrination and violence that swallowed her soul. She often wished her brother survived so she wouldn't have to endure black and blue bruises, bleeding hands, sleepless nights, seemingly unending lectures and scolding from her Uncle, and lastly but definitely not the least, carry the heavy burden of being the sole survivor of her bloodline.

Elsa was just an eight year old girl when she was thrust into the world where the weak would die in a blink of an eye. She survived not because she wanted to, but she has to. She was forced to kill her empathy at every swing of her sword and at every drop of blood she shed. The only consolation she had at the loss of her family was they wouldn't see her taking the lives of anyone who stood in her way, her family wouldn't see how much of a monster she became.

"Is everything okay?" Anna asked.

Elsa looked up in confusion."Yes? Why?"

"Just making sure since you have that crinkle on your brows again." Anna said.

"I was just thinking." Elsa explained.

"Hmm okay." Anna looked out of the carriage window and her vision was greeted by the huge fortified castle of Eldr in the distance. "It's odd that I suddenly felt a longing feeling when I saw the castle. Even the castle at the capital never made me feel like this."

"It was your home. No matter where you are, your heart will always know home." Elsa genuinely stated. That's how she felt too when she saw Vinter Castle for the first time in years. "I had the same experience when I visited my castle in the north. I lived in Corona for two decades with my closest blood relatives but I never felt I belonged there." her tone was somber.

"Was it hard to fit in?" there was cautiousness in Anna's tone.

Elsa almost scoffed. "Hard won't be enough to describe it. I was an outcast at the royal court, many believed I would bring disaster for Corona since I was pursued by an army of traitors and murderers. The only thing that made me acceptable and had allowed me to stay there was my mother's Coronan lineage but I know they saw me as an Arendellian, while the Arendellians saw me as a Coronan. I never really belong anywhere." she hoped she didn't sound sad as she said those words, the last thing she wanted was pity. "I was the first woman to join the army out of necessity, the first woman to board and command a warship. Coronans valued men more than women, not until the heir of Corona turned out to be a woman. Laws were changed gradually since the Coronan Royal family followed the Agnatic line of succession, just like Arendelle was before, the laws were changed into male primogeniture with provision of including females to inherit if there's no surviving brothers for the throne."

"So if King Frederic would have a son then, your cousin would be disinherited?" Anna decided to shift the subject from Elsa's past experience in Corona and hoped it would work.

"Yes and so am I if my brother survived. If he did, he'd be the one who would marry you." Elsa explained with a small smile. "You'll like him for sure." because I won't let him turn into something like me.

Anna blinked owlishly at Elsa.

"My brother was kind, sweet, funny and had a childish streak, he often bicker with our youngest sister, my twin Elaine. Both would argue about simple things until I had to intervene or our mother would."

Elsa felt a prick in her heart at the memories of her siblings playing with snow at the courtyard or in the garden. The nights where her brother would bring his blanket and pillow into their room at night and sleep on the carpeted floor next to their baby sister's bed while Elsa was always vigilant for any sound her sister would make in her sleep, because Elaine was having nightmares about a troll monster no thanks to one of their tutors, only to be found out in the morning by their nanny and get scolded for sneaking out. Their mother would scold him too but when he mentioned about the nightmares she would soften and hug him and thank him for being a good brother to them.

"You were the peacemaker in your family." Anna smiled. "I wish I had siblings too, being an only child is lonely and I didn't have any friends other than the castle staff – " she paused as loud cheering from outside pulled Anna out of her thoughts.

"Long Live the Queen! Long Live the Princess!"

"Truly stubborn like their princess." Elsa mumbled. "Your people are brave." she smirked.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Anna gave her questioning look. "Was it because they– "

"Yes. Don't worry I won't do anything to them, rest assured." Elsa smiled. "Before I forget, we'll be staying here for a couple of days. I will be dealing with things around here."

"And what's that entails?" Anna asked.

Elsa smiled. "Talking."

The sound of fanfare filled the air and the massive gates of the castle opened

Anna couldn't be more ecstatic to gain another friend. Before they departed from the LaBouff residence, she and Lady LaBouff had a small talk. Lady Charlotte was apologetic on what had happened the night before, Anna insisted it was okay and accepted the apology. Both her and Elsa got into the carriage and had small talk until Elsa talked about her family. Anna could feel that the mention of the Vinter siblings was a sore subject for Elsa but she was quite surprised at the openness the latter was exhibiting.

The massive gates of the castle were opened for the carriage to pass through, in all honesty Anna was quite anxious and excited at the same time, Eldr Castle was the place where she was born and raised until she was four. There's nothing much she could remember about the place and the things that had happened in it. Anna looked out from the carriage window and gaped at the magnificent façade of the place. Massive reddish ornate doors with two thick red stone pillars on either side and were littered with their gilded family emblem of the short stemmed crocus. The castle was like Arendelle castle but much more ornate, ostentatious and larger because of the addendum building complex with massive windows on the east side. Sprawling and lush garden at the added complex could be seen from the courtyard.

Once the carriage halted, Elsa got out and had held out a hand for her, of course she accepted it without any hesitation. Both of them found themselves at the foyer, Anna's heart was thumping loudly in her chest for some reason and turned to Elsa to ease her feelings by talking to her but what she saw made her narrow her eyes and scowl slightly. The woman who was standing next to her had her jaw set as if she was restraining herself from something and her eyes were dark and cold, a far cry to the soft icy blue eyes she saw recently.

"Elsa, is everything alright?" Anna asked in concern.

"Of course, why shouldn't it be?" Elsa's tone was cold, harsh and distant and refused to look at her way.

Anna looked around and saw the nobles were watching them like vultures to their preys, she didn't like it. She started to get uncomfortable with their expectant gaze and Elsa was too preoccupied with her own thoughts to care about them so she took the matters into her own hands in order not to ruin the progress they made to satisfy those irritating nobles. She decided to help Elsa in her endeavors since the latter was making efforts for her, for them.

"Darling."

Elsa looked at her quicker than a blink, it was too late when the word she uttered registered in her mind. Healthy shade of red dusted her cheeks and was mortified by it since she only meant to call Elsa by her name not that. Anna decided to roll with it.

"Are you feeling alright? Do you need to rest?" Anna asked in sincerity and caressed Elsa's face. No matter how it looked from Elsa's perspective she was truly concerned for her.

Elsa became aware of her surroundings and smiled at her. "I was just worried about you now that you're back here, it would be overwhelming for you."

"Thank you for your concern. I'll be fine since I am with you. I wouldn't have to worry about anything with you by my side. Shall we?" Anna gestured towards the doors.

Elsa nodded and then the doors were opened by Marshall, who had this unreadable expression on his face.

Overwhelming was an understatement for Anna the moment she took in the sight of the castle's throne room. The feeling of nostalgia has never been this strong. Myriad feelings rushed into her.

Anna gasped.

Soon the Captain in charge, Sir Florian, emerged and knelt before them.

"Your Majesty, My Lady. Welcome to Eldr Castle."

"Rise." Elsa commanded. "Everything is in order?" she asked.

"Yes, Your Majesty. We're only waiting for your command to proceed."

"Good, send for them. Now please have our noble lords escorted into their respective rooms. You may lead us to Lady Eldr's room."

"At once, Your Majesty." Sir Florian had led them to the upper rooms.

Anna could feel a sense of familiarity as they passed through the hall on their way to the upper estate rooms. The walls were reddish in color and littered with rosemalings of different Arendellian flowers. She tried her best to recall any of these rooms but all she could get was the feeling of being there before. A white double door was opened and was greeted with the same likeness of her room in Arendelle castle. The pink colored walls, sheets and even the canopy above, the only difference was the placement of the bed where it was supposed to be on the right side of the room from the door but here it was on the left, same with the fireplace. There was a changing screen on the opposite side of the room, a pink velvet chaise with two velvet ottomans and next to them was a tea table with two chairs. The large triangular window was giving them enough light to illuminate the large room. Anna tried to recall the time she stayed in this room but nothing came to her and it's starting to frustrate her.

The doors were shut behind them and it startled Anna from her thoughts. Elsa's words to her made her remember her mortification and blushed.

"So. . . darling?" Elsa's tone was teasing and amused. Elsa removed her coat and draped it on her arm.

"Oh gods, please don't." Anna's blush intensified and covered her face with her hands. "I didn't mean to, I was supposed to call your name! I don't know why I said that!"

Elsa chuckled and removed Anna's hand from her face. "Hey, it's okay. There's no need to be embarrassed about it." Anna shyly looked at Elsa.

"I didn't make you uncomfortable, did I?" Anna asked softly.

"Not a bit, I was surprised, sure and I should thank you for doing so. I was out of sorts for a moment." Elsa made her way towards the tea table where the tea set was placed and poured some into the two cups. She offered one to Anna, which Anna graciously accepted.

Anna's concern for Elsa came back. "I noticed. Is everything okay?" She knew and it was evident that Elsa was hesitating to answer if the latter's set jaw was to come by. "You don't have to answer if you don't want to. It's okay." Anna added in a hurry.

Soft icy blue eyes were looking into her own teal ones. "I feel uncomfortable being here, that's all." Elsa emptied her cup and put it back down on the table. "You should rest for a while. I'll just assess the situation here ." before Anna could reply Elsa was already making her towards the doors. "You'll be safe here. I have guards near your room."

"Thank you." That's all Anna could say. Soft smile was directed to her before Elsa got out of the room. Anna sat at the foot of the bed and took a sip of her tea. "Her smile is beautiful." she smiled at the thought.

Cracking of whip and screams echoed through the underground dungeon of the castle. Elsa was only there staring with her arms crossed with her back leaning on the moldy flagstone wall of the place. Her hand was itching to take the whip and do it herself but she couldn't because she might overdo it.

"I s-swear , that's all I know!" the man pleaded and panted.

"Your list is too short. We both know there are others in the ranks."

Another cracking whip and a pained cry echoed.

"Please I beg you! That's all I know!"

Elsa could only sigh. "Olaf, that's enough." she ordered since it was going nowhere. The only outcome they would have if this continued was a dead body.

Olaf answered by dropping the whip. "Man, I broke a sweat." he said while retrieving a dark colored handkerchief from his coat pocket and wiped his brow.

"Just round up the people on the list." Elsa said "I am sure those filthy rats would face the gallows if I won't be there to personally decapitate them.'' She walked towards the end of the cells and met face to face with the claimant of the Eldr dukedom. "I do hope your accommodation is to your liking." she said.

A growl erupted from the man inside the cell. "You! You killed my father! Denied me my inheritance! My crown!" Lord Ector could've jumped and pounced near the steel bars if it weren't for his broken limbs he sustained after falling from his horse.

Elsa gave him a cruel smile. "I did kill your father but I never denied you anything. It must've been ironic to sleep inside the castle walls not as a Duke but as a prisoner." Elsa pointed to him then her own. "We both know you aren't the rightful heir."

"That bitch isn't the heiress! A woman shouldn't inherit! Such as you!" Lord Ector bellowed.

Elsa merely stared at him and smiled. "Your fragile male ego is painful to watch. I don't know what would be more painful to know whether the title of Eldr Dukedom was taken by a woman or the title holder is me? Queen Elsa of Arendelle, Duchess of Vinter and Eldr and Baroness of Gielo. It's mouthful but it has a nice ring to it."

"You bitch! You have no right to take what's mine!"

Elsa ignored his words. "Well if you don't want a woman to have the dukedom then should I just grant it to one of my retainers?"

"How dare you!" Lord Ector did make a move to pounce but his face planted on the dirty flagstone floor. Elsa chuckled and went on her way out of the dungeon, leaving screaming Lord inside his cell.

"Your Majesty! Please forgive us! We didn't do it!" a chained man inside his cell called out, so did the other men inside the other cells. Elsa didn't turn nor say anything and proceeded to the stone stairs.

"Most on the list are assigned to the castle's security." Olaf said once he caught up with her by stone stairs towards the exit. Elsa ignored the pleas of the men.

"Of course they are. Marshall and I slipped out one night and no one noticed. Then there were six intruders at my coronation party and managed to get into the estate rooms without being noticed from the outside." Elsa said indifferently. "The security was too lax for them to be loyal to me."

"Your enemies had planted spies to the most crucial part of the security." Olaf said with worry tinged in his tone.

"A possibility, but I am more thinking of them as a last resort in case I am no longer needed. You and I both know the nobles are my enemies, they can never be trusted even with the list your Uncle gave."

Elsa wanted to give the people on the list of noble families, who supported and would support her once the official marriage between her and Anna was done, a chance to prove themselves but she could never be too careful. In order to show them how willing she was for cooperation, she devised a plan.

"Ah that. I would like to look into it if you permit me." Olaf offered.

"Thank you for the offer but I am managing it just fine. Also you are still not done with the task I've given you." Elsa said.

Olaf just grinned. "I know but the men are on standby, just waiting for this thing to be finish before I make a move, I wouldn't want to spoil the fun after all, also it is kind of your fault that I had to wait." Those words earned a glare from Elsa. Olaf raised his hands in surrender. "Whoa! It's true though, you just had to plan this thing and ruin my hunt! When did you plan this by the way?"

"When I became aware of how important Anna is in the eyes of the nobles. An importance I didn't expect to outweigh my own claim." irritation filled each word.

Elsa could sense Olaf's eyes on her.

"So you really have to give in." Olaf said softly.

"It is nothing. Perhaps it could help me a great deal." Elsa smirked.

"Help you with what?" Olaf asked, then it struck him. "Oh. Oh! Of course!" he laughed then abruptly stopped and he reached out for Elsa's arm. "Elsa."

"What?" Elsa's brow raised.

"I do not know what's going on but with – you know – will you be alright?"

Elsa didn't like his tone. Sure she knew he was just concerned for her but she hardly needed it in that aspect. "Yes." she stared at Olaf who opened his mouth to answer but closed it instead and said nothing. "You're overthinking things. Just let it be."

"Of course. If you say so." Olaf could only frown.

Anna was waiting for Elsa to come and join her for dinner but the Queen was nowhere to be found. She had asked and no one had seen Elsa anywhere, not until the latter herself bumped into her in one of the hallways.

"Where were you?" Anna asked with a frown on her face. She watched Elsa's brow rise in confusion. "You missed dinner." she added in a whisper and looked quite dejected.

"Dinner?" Elsa asked and checked her pocket watch. "I'm sorry I didn't realize it's late already."

"It's fine." Anna dismissed Elsa's apology. "I just thought you would join me. Anyway, it doesn't matter." She was looking forward to having dinner with Elsa but she should've known better than to expect the latter to be within vicinity at all times. She smiled and tried not to feel disappointed. "I guess you're busy. I'll leave you to it."

She got past Elsa but she was caught by her wrist.

"I was actually looking for you." Elsa said

Warmth bloomed in Anna's chest, her lips couldn't help but to curve upwards. "You were?" she tried not to sound delighted.

Elsa nodded and smiled. "I need your help with something."

"Help?" Anna was stunned. What on earth Elsa needed her for? She didn't strike Anna as someone who would need help, if it was anything, Elsa might as well do everything given how independent she was based on how she spoke and acted.

"Come." Elsa didn't release her wrist, instead she gently led her to the Duke's study with many opened ledgers on the desk ready for anyone to read them. "These are the Duchy's ledgers for the past years. I am in need of a second opinion."

Anna was familiar with them but never actually worked on them.

"You do know what ledgers are, right?" Elsa asked.

"Of course." Anna was insulted for a moment. "As a matter of fact I was tutored thoroughly on arithmetic and these." She took her hand from Elsa and went to study the ledgers.

A soft chuckle reached Anna's ear. "I was just teasing you." she glared at Elsa.

"You are clearly enjoying yourself." Anna sat down on the high backed chair and turned her attention back to the ledgers. "So what am I looking for?" she asked the latter, who sat down on the desk beside her with her arms crossed.

"Just tell me what you think about it." Elsa said.

Anna was confused and somehow clueless on what she's about to do, regardless she studied the list of expenses of the Duchy on random years and tried to look for the common denominator of the ledgers. Even if Anna never worked on them before it was clear as a day that the expenses of the Duchy were far more than necessary, especially the yearly transfer of funds to certain noble houses that had no direct ties with her own. These vassal houses of the dukedom received generous rewards and other things such as expensive clothes, carriages and goods. Anna made a mental calculation on how much the Duchy spent on trivial things such as the goods being distributed to these noble houses and it was a staggeringly huge amount of money that could feed an entire kingdom for years.

"How in the world did the Eldr Duchy managed to spend a lot of money on these kinds of things instead of helping the people in need?" Anna asked Elsa with certain anger in her tone.

"Perfect, you noticed those as well. You see, your grandfather was fond of buying women." Elsa dropped the words as if they were nothing.

"What?" Anna's anger doubled. "He did what?"

"You see here." Elsa pointed out a huge amount of money given to a minor noble house. "Lord Clayton has a beautiful daughter and your grandfather purchased a night with her. I wouldn't be surprised if you have another unknown relative."

Anna felt disgusted with the information she heard. "That disgusting old man." she gritted her teeth.

"Hey." Elsa placed her hand on Anna's shoulder. "I didn't tell you that to make you angry."

Anna visibly deflated and sighed. "I know, it's just infuriating. Anyway it doesn't matter now. What's the point of showing me these?" she looked up to Elsa who was certainly staring into her with seriousness etched on her face.

"When we checked the Duchy's treasury, it was filled with gold and other valuables, while royal treasury collected more dust than gold in your grandfather's time so I assumed these gold in this castle came from taxes and direct income from trade and of course half of it was loot from my own family's treasury." Elsa said. "And before we occupied this castle, the gold flowing out from the Duchy continued until I put a stop to it and had the men in charge of its finances imprisoned."

Anna mentally thanked Elsa for doing that. "On what charge?"

"Misappropriation." Elsa pointed out the amounts of funds funneled from the Duchy's coffers to another. "Here, here and here. These vassal houses of Eldr benefited greatly from the unmonitored use of the treasury."

"And where are these people?"

"Under the castle, languishing." Elsa shrugged.

"Did you punish them for it?"

Elsa gave Anna a look. "I was hoping you'll do that instead of me. As I told you before I had nothing to do with the affairs of this Duchy, I am merely securing it from people who wanted to exploit it because there's no Duke or Duchess at the helm at the moment, even if I hold the title." Elsa caressed Anna's loose strawberry blonde tresses. "I can't promise you that they'll remain alive if I punish them myself. You know me Anna, I have no tolerance for this kind of thing."

"That I do." Anna responded. Both her and Elsa stared into each other's eyes. Anna couldn't look away from those glacial blue eyes that seemed to call her and beckon her to come closer. She subtly gulped "I know it's late but would you like to have some tea with me as we go through all these?" she gestured towards the ledgers.

"Sure." Elsa answered with a smile.

As night descended, each household surrounding the Duchy of Eldr received an invitation, regardless of their stations. Nobles and commoners alike were surprised, excited and anxious at the sudden invitation. One of them was the noble House of Rey. The invitation was addressed to Ariel of House Rey but the noble lady in question had run away from home. Her mother, Marina had let Lord Hunter lead the search for her daughter since the man was so adamant of wanting her to be his wife.

On the other hand there were certain noble houses like the Stabbington, Tremaine and Andalasia, who didn't expect to receive such an invitation, from the Queen no less.

The Tremaine household rejoiced by receiving such an invitation for a ball in Eldr Castle.

Lady Tremaine, the matriarch of the house, had ordered her servants to get the finest dresses for her precious daughters, Anastasia and Drizella. After decades of waiting, Anastasia, her daughter, was already twenty seven and still unmarried but if she was finally going to be recognized as an Eldr. What reason was more obvious than that since the festivities would take place in Eldr Castle. Anastasia might have wealthy suitors lining up for her hand after this. Lady Tremaine and the late Duke Eldr had a short liaison that resulted with the birth of a daughter. Anastasia has the Eldr fiery red hair trait and unprecedented temper, while Drizella has dark hair with the same temperament. While they were sisters, they had different fathers.

Anastasia was youngest of the two and her mother's ambition for her to be recognized as an Eldr would definitely cement their position in society and would certainly continue the yearly income from the crown which was recently cut off by the new Queen, even the income from the Duchy itself halted as well. When Runeard was king, House Tremaine received a generous yearly income of more than a thousand gold. That's already an income for an entire village for a year. Now they would have an opportunity to ask for a petition for the income to continue and if the Queen would be amenable to it they might as well ask for recognizing Anastasia as the new Duchess since the former princess Anna was stripped of her lands and titles. It also doesn't hurt that it was rumored how the Queen despises the former princess, removing the latter's advantage of regaining the title.

Meanwhile the House of Andalasia was not exactly thrilled at the invitation. Lady Narissa of House Andalasia was more than content with what she has now. She knew there was potential danger lying in wait at Eldr Castle, especially now that the Queen herself had invited her daughter, Giselle, to the ball. Giselle was only twenty six and the only child of Lady Narissa.

Lady Narissa was attractive and had caught the eye of the late Duke Eldr. She refused his advances but her own father had sold her for a night in exchange for a large sum of gold. She resented her father for ruining her life but soon became pregnant with a daughter she didn't want. However she had grown to love her daughter, who has strawberry blonde colored hair and blue-green eyes. The innocent daughter, who was nothing like her father, was finally put on the spotlight of being an Eldr. Neither ladies of the house wanted to attend because they don't know what peril awaits them but they had no choice on the matter.

Giselle was a great beauty, she had a nice singing voice that pleased her mother greatly. She prided herself as someone from House Andalasia and refused to acknowledge her paternal lineage, even when her father became king, she refused the lavish gifts and generous income every year. She was aware of how she came to be and since then she resented her grandfather and her father because of the emotional damage it caused her mother. Her dislike of men was worth noting because Giselle poured over books and nurtured her mind instead of seeking a husband. She refused quite a lot of suitors because Giselle knew she would give more to the man than him to her since her noble house was a wealthy one, also the men who tried to take her hand in marriage were opportunists. Now her paternal bloodline was coming to bite her. The bloodline she adamantly denounced.

Last but not least was the House Stabbington. The matriarch of the house was Baroness Gothel Stabbington. She was ambitious to the point of seducing the late Duke to bed her just to have her as his mistress and reap the benefits of it. Baroness Gothel had made the right moves and choices that gave her a title in her own right. After the ascend of the late Duke to the Arendellian throne, she was granted a title just because she bore him sons. The Stabbington twins had the Eldr red hair and well built physique.

The twins were in their late twenties, about the Queen's age. They were cold and uncaring to those around them because they knew they carry one of the most important bloodlines in the kingdom. It also doesn't hurt when their mother was a Baroness. They ruled the barony as if they were above the law, the people in their village feared them. Once their mother had set her mind on something, there was no stopping it. Baroness Gothel was delighted to receive an invitation, she could finally assert her first born son's claim and authority to the dukedom they deserve.

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