The Dying King Asked for a Woman Physician novel · Chapter 12 of 24
Chapter 12: The Cold Wing
The path along the pond was black and silent, and Seo-wan kept to the shadow of the pines.
Ahead of her, Ko Dal-su moved without a lantern, the tray steady in his hands.
She followed at a careful distance.
She had never in her life followed anyone, and her heart beat so loudly she was sure the whole palace could hear.
The old Queen's wing rose out of the dusk, a long low building behind a mud wall with a gate of weathered boards.
Ko stopped at the gate and knocked in a pattern, two quick and one slow.
A bolt slid back inside.
Seo-wan took one step out of the pines.
A hand closed over her mouth.
Another arm wrapped around her waist and pulled her backward into the shadow of a gatepost.
She nearly bit it.
Then a voice breathed in her ear, low and familiar.
"It's me. Be still."
Her whole body went soft and furious at once.
Tae-heon stood behind her, in his grey servant's coat, with his hair tied back and the cold on his skin.
The rest of this chapter is part of the paid portion of the series. Chapters 1–6 of The Dying King Asked for a Woman Physician are free to read — start from the beginning, then unlock the rest with coins in the app.
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