Krampus [Book Two Of King-Queen, Jester Series](CYJ)

6 :: Calling

"Calling thy name
From the dungeons of hell"

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"Hello?"

"Charlotte, speak to Eunhye. She's the jem of the school. Oh! Hello? Sim Eunhye?"

"Yes?"

"Ah, hey! This is Professor Son over the phone. Dr. Charlotte is supposed to be joining your unit today, please assist her."

"Me? But I'm just a med student, sir. How... Will it be like... Efficient?"

"Sure, it will. I trust you more than you do. Asides, I'm not asking you to help her in the checkups, but navigate her through the hospital. She doesn't speak Korean yet and you're the only student here with fluency in her language."

"English?"

"Yes, and German. You speak both those quite well. Help her out, will you?"

"Sure, sir. My absolute pleasure it should be-"

Eunhye heard the call hang up a second after she dropped her phone, shocked by the sudden noises in the hall way.

She hastened to pick her phone up and peek a glance outside her door. A stretcher was carrying a patient, like any normal day at the unit. That, sure, wasn't the reason behind the noise.

No juniors, except her, worked on the ground floor. The older resident doctors and nurses had blood the situations of people getting into sudden accidents and upon just a look, they could tell if the patient's life could even be sustained.

Just as Eunhye was ready to retreat back into her room and read the human heart's anatomy, she noticed the lean figure of Yeonjun following behind the crowd, difficult for the otherwise athletic body .

"Yeonjun-ssi! Please don't run. You could injure yourself."

"Eunhye... Eun-" Tears came rolling through the brims of his eyes as his whole body trembled. His face, paler than before, was drenched in exhaustion and exasperation.

All of it seemed to make no sense. Where was her brother? If Yeonjun is here, Eunseok must be with him. The man doesn't leave his friend's side.

"Hey, hey! What's the matter? What happened? Where's my brother?"

Yeonjun's lips spoke no words. His gaze couldn't stare up at her, failing to bear it all. Eunhye wrapped her arms around him, cooing softly near his ears,

"It's not okay, I know. But it's okay not to be okay. You can tell me, I'll do the best of my abilities to help you heal. I'll help you find your brother back. But before we do so, I need my brother. Do you know where your best friend is?"

Yeonjun sobbed, momentarily gaining his composure. He knew where his best friend was but how could he tell her? He was in no great condition.

"Tell me, dear. Where is Eunseok?"