The Target

Sam Sook and her mother were walking up the path to their house when the woman’s elderly neighbor stopped them both.“What’s this I hear, Sam Sook?  You’re getting married to…

As Dan Se held Mi Sook in his arms, lying next to her in their bed, he bent to breathe in the intoxicating fragrance clinging to her hair.  The strong…

“Ma’am?  Has your morning sickness finally tapered off?” Mo Won quizzed Mi Sook early one morning as she greeted her employer and found the woman unusually cheerful.“I believe so!” Mi…

“Soo Yeon?” queried Ban Ryu.  “Are you sure that you want to sit in the front room?  Wouldn’t you rather stay here and rest in bed?”His wife smiled sweetly up…

Soo Yeon gazed up at her handsome husband.  “What shall we name him, Ban Ryu?”“Hmm?”  He was still gazing down at the beautiful, little boy in his arms.  “Oh.  Let…

“Eomma?” Soo Yeon’s sweet voice reached her mother’s ears as the girl stepped into the noblewoman’s bedchamber.Lady Bit Na glanced up expectantly.  But she froze when she saw the expression…

“Let’s go tell your girls,” Yeo Wool slid his fingers around hers and tugged her towards the door. “Don’t you mean…our girls?” she queried softly.He glanced down at her as a…

“I have something for you,” he murmured against her mouth a few lovely moments later.She drew away from him.  “You do?”“Mmm.  Just a small token of my devotion to you.” …

Finally breaking off the kiss, Yeo Wool breathed, “Come with me, my love.”  He threaded his fingers through hers and pulled her towards his mother’s house.He led her through the…

“I can live without it.”Those were the words that greeted her when she stepped up underneath the beautiful trees which would blossom in the coming spring.  Cherry blossom trees which…