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 the second floor. The elevator is over there.” She pointed behind herself without even turning, then promptly returned to clicking

I waited for the doors to open again at my destination, I realized that I was touching my stomach nervously,

go

I ignored her.

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,

to the young nurse working at the desk, who thankfully smiled warmly at me. “I have an appointment. Last

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

the gossipy couple again before

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

however, it

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

nurse said, giving me a hospital gown

me feel even more exposed and I couldn’t bear my racing heart anymore.

on the door. He was a short 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 in

I nodded.

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

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

said. “Now that that’s done, it is protocol for me to ask… Would you like to see the ultrasound before you make

change my mind. I didn’t know what to do, but finally, my curiosity got the best of me. “I’d like to see

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