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.

and handed it to me. “You’re on the second floor. The elevator is over there.” She pointed behind herself without

open. I stepped on, then pressed the button for the second floor. As I waited for the doors to open again at my destination, I realized that I was touching my

around,” Mina said. “You can go home. There’s no need to go

I ignored her.

the gynecology department, then walked through a set of large glass double doors. The inside of the gynecology department, to 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 human. One of the women turned and whispered

working at the desk, who thankfully smiled warmly at me. “I have an appointment. Last name is

at her computer, then looked back up at me and smiled again. “You’re all set, Miss Fowler. You can

and walked past the gossipy couple again

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

it was my

bed and a couch inside with

the nurse said, giving me a

I was alone, I put on the hospital gown. 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 had come here with me. It was terrifying

door. He was a short older man with a bit of a hunch in his back as

with a warm smile that helped me relax. “I hear you’re coming in

I nodded.

exactly how far along the pregnancy

nodded again. Lately, it felt as though nodding was the only thing I could do, as words didn’t seem to be capable of coming out of my mouth because of the enormous lump in my throat. I laid back and put my feet up in the stirrups as the doctor asked. My heart raced as he began

internal ultrasounds. The doctor helped me sit up again, then reached out and patted my hands comfortingly as they

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

ultrasound, but I also worried that seeing the embryo would change my mind. I didn’t know what to do, but finally, my curiosity got

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