Lucia slowly woke up and realised she was in the front passenger seat of a car. Odd. How had she gotten here? She blinked owlishly and looked around.
"You're awake," Prince Michael said when her gaze landed on his shadowy form.
He was seated next to her and in the driver's seat. Where were Caroline and Prince Alexander?
"Our siblings decided to run off together," Prince Michael told her simply.
He turned his head and was looking out the windshield and into the night. Lucia was instantly awake. They left her? She should not have agreed to go anywhere with them. Sure, they did not leave her alone but they could have at least woken her up and not shifted her from one car to the other and left her to wake up to the confusion of not being where she fell asleep.
Chaperone my foot, she thought with irritation.
She looked around and realised she could see the city lights from miles away. Were they out of the city?
