Chapter 42

ALANA WE’D BEEN DRIVING ALL AFTERNOON AND I WAS STARTING TO FEEL A LITTLE less uneasy about where we were going. Alejandro seemed to get more relaxed the further we drove from L.A. We’d stopped for lunch at a diner, and then he’d stopped at a gas station a few miles back to fill up again, and had also bought a few bags of groceries. I’d offered to help, but he’d insisted I stay in the car. We listened to the radio and I enjoyed watching the scenery go by. When we hit Santa Cruz, I wondered how much further up the coast we’d be going. I must have fallen asleep because it was dusk when I opened my eyes at Alejandro’s prompting. ‘We’re here, princess,’ he said as he gently squeezed my thigh. I blinked as I looked around me. We were parked next to a beautiful little house on a beach. ‘Where are we?’ I asked as I rubbed my eyes. ‘If I told you, I’d have to kill you,’ he said with a wicked grin. Then seeing the look of bewilde