Chapter 142

It was nearly evening, the sun was about to set over the horizon and a car cruised to a stop and the foot of a boulder.

The doors on the driver's and passenger's side opened and two people, a man and a woman stepped out.

"It's beautiful out here, Lucian. When was this lake discovered?"

"It's always been here. Since we found this mass of land." Lucian shrugged, walking back to the car trunk, pulling it open and bringing out a picnic basket and a mat.

Anna made to help Lucian caddy some of the stuff they were to use only to receive a glare which made her laugh.

"Why don't you want me to help?"

"Because I can do it all by myself?" Lucian asked no one in particular. The beach was close by, so they walked a bit before they got to the beach.

Anna stopped and stared for a long time. The sandy beach of the lake was a very light brown and the blue lake sparkled with the evening sun. Bright orange, pink and blue. There were tall palm trees scattered around the b