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Chapter 14
TANIA
I thoroughly enjoyed watching Sylvain's features contort between surprise and joy as I showed him around town. We stopped at the bakery first and, true to his style, he charmed the bloody socks of the elderly woman behind the counter—even convinced her to talk to me even though her every instinct screamed against it. I appreciated the gesture but I didn't want to go around town making people uncomfortable. Luckily, after coffee and blueberry muffins we left for the next place.
It took us longer than necessary to get there because he kept pausing to pet the horses on the paved roads. They adored him, letting out whinnies and swishing their tails through the air. Seeing horses and carriages fascinated him the way seeing cars for the first time fascinated faeries. However, the town wasn't massive, and getting cars here would be a problem we weren't ready to tackle. This method of transportation had serv
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