I will stay with you—so that you may always know there is at least one person who cares for you. Saffron knelt to the floor. He took one of Cylvan’s feet, bracing it on his shoulder and working down the laces of the heeled boot. Pulling it off, he couldn’t stop another tiny smile of amusement when Cylvan sighed in relief. Setting it aside, he addressed the next one. He pulled off Cylvan’s socks, then couldn’t resist leaving a barely-existent kiss on the inside of his ankle bone where the stiff leather had rubbed and left a sore spot.
