Chapter 64: Embryo

Moana

Swallowing my anger over Edrick’s sudden choice to leave me at the hospital overnight and chalking it up to him simply wanting to protect his daughter, I took a deep breath and opened the car door before stepping out.

I walked into the spacious lobby, where a secretary was sitting at a small desk. She shot me a confused look as I entered.

“Ma’am, this is a werewolf hospital,” she said, her tone of voice sounding flat and annoyed.

This angered me even more than what Edrick had said in the car.

“I know,” I replied, walking up to her desk. “I have an appointment.”

The secretary stared at me for a moment, looking me up and down briefly, before she returned to slowly chewing her gum and clicking around on her computer. “Name?”

“Moana Fowler,” I replied.

on a name tag sticker and handed it to me. “You’re on the second floor. The elevator is over there.” She pointed

I waited for the doors to open again at my destination, I realized that I was touching my stomach nervously, and quickly pulled my hand away

turn around,” Mina said. “You can go home.

I ignored her.

no surprise, was extremely nice with large windows that looked out over a courtyard below and rows of plush chairs in the waiting area. Soft classical music played. Scattered around the room were various other patients waiting for their appointments; there were a few couples and some single women. All of them, of course, looked up at me when I entered, immediately noticing from my lack of a scent that I was a

nurse working at the desk, who thankfully smiled warmly at

nurse nodded and looked at her computer, then looked back up at me and smiled again.

couple again before I found

began to grow more and more nervous. Each time the nurse came out, I would feel my heart

however, it

inside with a nice, big window and even a small kitchenette. The medical equipment, however, ruined the

right in,” the nurse said, giving me a hospital gown before leaving me

It made me feel even more exposed and I couldn’t bear my racing heart anymore. I wished, even though we weren’t romantically involved, that Edrick

doctor came in with a soft knock on the door. He was a short older man

helped me

I nodded.

ultrasound to check to see exactly how far along the pregnancy is,” he said then.

in my throat. I laid

sit up again, then reached out and patted my hands comfortingly as they sat clenched together in

is protocol for me to ask… Would you like to see the ultrasound before

also worried that seeing the embryo would change my mind. I didn’t know what to do, but finally, my curiosity got the best of me. “I’d like to see it,” I

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