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.

name tag sticker and handed it to me. “You’re on the second floor. The elevator is over there.” She pointed behind herself without even turning, then promptly returned to clicking at her computer. I swallowed as I walked past her and pressed

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 as a

said. “You can go home. There’s

I ignored her.

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 something

working at the desk, who thankfully smiled warmly at

back up at me and smiled again. “You’re all set, Miss Fowler.

and walked past the gossipy couple again before I found a seat by the

more nervous. Each time the nurse came out, I would feel my heart leap, only

it

to my private room. There was a comfortable bed and a couch inside with a nice, big window and even

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

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,

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

Fowler,” he said with a warm smile that helped me relax. “I hear

I nodded.

how far along the pregnancy is,” he said then. “Go ahead

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 the internal

always hated those internal ultrasounds. The doctor helped me sit up

it is protocol for me to ask… Would you

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 the best of

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