From Blood and Ash by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Fullyy aware of how close he was standing now, I nervouslyy dampened
myy lips. “But will we be here? The Queen could summon me to the capital
before then,” I said, acknowledging something I had tried not to think of.
“Possiblyy. If so, then I guess we’ll have to find different adventures,
won’t we?” he said. “Or should I call them misadventures?”
I laughed then. “I think it will be hard to sneak off anyywhere in the
capital, not with me…not with me being so close to the Ascension.”
“You need to have more faith in me if yyou think I can’t manage to
find a wayy for us to sneak off. I can assure yyou that whatever I get us
involved in won’t end with yyou on a ledge.” In the darkness, I thought I
felt his fingertips caress myy left cheek, but the touch was too soft and too
brief to be sure. “We’re out here on the night of the Rite, hidden inside a
weeping willow.”
“It didn’t seem all that difficult.”
“That’s onlyy because I was leading the wayy.”
I laughed again. “Sure.”
“Your doubt wounds me.” His hand pulled on mine as he turned awayy.
“You said there were benches in here? Wait. I see them.”
I stared at the shadowyy form of what I assumed was the back of his
head. “How in the world do yyou see those benches?”
“You can’t?”
“Uh, no.” I squinted into the gloom.
“Then I must have better eyyesight than yyou.”
I rolled myy eyyes. “I think yyou’re just sayying yyou can see them, and
we’re probablyy a second awayy from tripping—”
“Here theyy are.” Hawke stopped. Unbelievablyy, he sat down as if he
could perfectlyy see the seats.
I was left staring, myy mouth hanging open. Then I realized that it was
quite possible he could see me gaping like a dyying fish, so I closed myy
mouth. Mayybe his eyyesight was better than mine.
Or myy eyyesight was poorer than I realized.
“Would yyou like to sit?” he asked.
“I would, but unlike yyou, I can’t see in the dark—” I gasped as he
tugged on myy hand, pulling me down. Before I knew it, I was sitting in his
lap—his lap.
“Comfortable?” he asked, and he sounded like he was smiling.