Paladin's Hope (The Saint of Steel, #3)

by T. Kingfisher

The last of the five was the only one who did not share a certain martial quality. He was slim and well-groomed and would be considered handsome, but he was also extraordinarily pale, as if he lived his life underground.

“Well, if you want my professional opinion, this great goddamn hole in his chest is probably what killed him.”

Doctor Piper dealt with corpses and for the most part, he preferred them to the living.