Chapter 53 - Learn to Step Up

It had been thirty minutes since August left. Elsa and Jack sat together inside her cottage. The uncomfortable silence was irksome but Jack understood why. 'Where did August go to?!' Jack thought to himself. 'I have to get stronger for her sake and I'm sick of being helpless.' Jack opened his lips as if to speak but he shut it down almost immediately. He was usually never shy but after seeing the pain on Elsa's face and knowing what she repeatedly had to go through, he just didn't feel like a poorly timed joke was acceptable in this situation. Elsa thought about her mother, the pleasant times and the times she was being disciplined and oddly enough, she felt the same emotion when she reminisced on both memories. A smile was evident on her face as she remembered the time when her father had bought a lovely red velvet dress for his wife. Unfortunately, she had done something to annoy her mother and she transformed to her wolf form in a rage causing the expensive red velvet dress t