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.

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

for the second floor. As I waited for the doors to open again at my destination, I realized that I was touching my stomach nervously, and quickly pulled my hand

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

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, of course, looked up at me

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

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

gossipy couple again

grow more and more nervous. Each time the nurse came out, I would feel my heart leap, only for it to relax again as she would call

however, it

and a couch inside with a nice, big window

right in,” the nurse said, giving me

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

He was a short older man with a

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

I nodded.

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

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 I closed my eyes against the feeling of the probe moving around

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

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

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

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