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.

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

elevator doors slid 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

said. “You can go home. There’s no need

I ignored her.

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 to

desk, who thankfully smiled warmly at me. “I have an

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

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

Each time the nurse came out, I would feel my heart leap, only for it to relax again as she would call another

it was

inside with a nice, big window and

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

I couldn’t bear my racing heart anymore. I wished, even though we weren’t romantically involved,

older man with a bit of a hunch in his back as he walked,

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

I nodded.

exactly how far along

of my mouth because of the enormous lump in my throat. I laid

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

it is protocol for me to ask… Would you like

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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