He’d seen and endured such … such unspeakable things, and yet … his hands on my thighs had been gentle, the touch like— I didn’t let myself finish the thought as I said, “I’ll fly with Azriel.” Rhys and Cassian looked as if I’d declared I wanted to parade through Velaris in nothing but my skin, but the shadowsinger merely bowed his head and said, “Of course.” And that, thankfully, was that.
