Chapter 96 - The Watch Between Two Worlds

Jong Suk returned his phone to the locker without allowing himself another look at the screen, because Yeon Joo's mother's frightened voice was still clear enough in his head to become a distraction if he let himself think about it for even a few minutes longer. The surgical team was already waiting, the patient had been brought under anaesthesia and the complicated section they had spent days planning could not be delayed simply because his fiancée had disappeared into another century again. He washed his hands and forearms beneath the running water, went through the familiar scrubbing routine until every movement became automatic, then entered the theatre with the same controlled expression everyone around him expected from Professor Lee Jong Suk.