Chapter 50 - A happy ending or the prelude to a storm?

As Elsa stood up, her eyes welled up with tears. She felt a mix of emotions: happiness and sadness, hope and despair. Her mind raced with questions, but one thing weighed heavily on her heart: her father's absence. Viktor's words had been carefully chosen, revealing just enough to tantalize her, but leaving out the most important details. Her mother's fate was a mystery, but her father's silence was a deafening confirmation of her worst fears. Elsa's thoughts drifted back to her childhood, to the memories she had of her parents, happy and laughing together. She remembered the way her father used to lift her on his shoulders, making her feel like she was on top of the world. But now, that world was shattered. Her father was gone, and her mother... her mother was with someone named Kara. The uncertainty was suffocating, leaving Elsa with a sense of loss and longing that threatened to consume her. Elsa's eyes widened in panic as she rushed towards Jack, her heart racing with fear. She