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.

wrote my name down on a 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

again at my destination, I realized that I was touching my stomach nervously, and quickly pulled my hand away as a tear came

“You can go

I ignored her.

the second floor. I stepped out and followed the signs down the hall to 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 something

the desk, who thankfully smiled warmly

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

gossipy couple again before I found a seat by the

Each time the nurse came out, I would feel my heart

however, it

to my private room. There was a comfortable bed and a couch inside with a nice, big window and even a small kitchenette. The medical equipment,

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

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

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

helped me relax.

I nodded.

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

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 ultrasound, and

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

that’s done, it is protocol for me to ask… Would you like to see

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 the best of me.

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