Following Tancred:
Tancred rode silently in the back of Olivia's Kia Rondo, while her and Charlie chatted actively in the front. They were going to meet up with Lysander at Ingldew's Bookshop so they could pick up Emma, but mainly because Lysander would be coming back from Lauren's so it would be close for him.
The thought of Emma Tolly made the little blonde hairs on the back of Tancred's neck stand up. She was shy, smart, very talented at drawing and painting, sweet, worrisome, cute. He couldn't even think of all the things that set off his alarms when she came around. But like himself, Emma Tolly was one of the few good endowed children that attended Bone's Academy.
Tancred had never actually seen her do it, but Emma could transform into a bird that she called a Tollrock. She drew it all the time in art class, the best drawings she ever did were of that majestic bird.
As Olivia parked her car on a side street, they saw Lysander walking to the bookshop door. He stopped to wait on everyone to catch up before they went in. Tancred was the first to spot her sprawled sleeping body.
Emma's head rest on her left arm, while the other held her place in her book, but hanging over the side of the wooden counter. She had on a pair of shorts and a lose fitting tank top, probably her pajamas. Her blonde hair spiraled around her face and head in a beautiful manner.
"Emma?" Tancred looked on as Olivia tried to wake the sleeping girl.
"Liv, maybe you should try something else?" Charlie patted her back softly.
"Emma!" Olivia screamed next to Emma's ear, making her flail wildly.
"Tancred no!" Emma screamed as she fell off the back of the counter. Everyone in the room gasped and chuckled at the same time.
"Em, Tancred didn't do anything. He wasn't even near you." Olivia chuckled loudly at her own thoughts. She knew exactly why Emma thought it was Tancred.