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.

muttering under her breath, before she seemed to find my appointment. She then 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

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

said. “You can go home.

I ignored her.

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 to her husband as I passed. I overheard her say something about how I didn’t belong here, but I chose to ignore her and instead calmly walked up to the reception

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

again. “You’re all set, Miss Fowler. You can take a seat and

and walked past the gossipy couple again

I would feel

however, it was

was a comfortable bed and a couch inside with a nice, big window and even a small kitchenette. The medical equipment, however,

the nurse said, giving me a hospital gown before

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 had come here with me. It was

the door. He was a short older man with a bit of a hunch in his back as he walked, but his eyes were

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

I nodded.

have to perform an ultrasound to check to see exactly how

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

was over quickly; I had always hated those internal ultrasounds. The doctor helped me sit up

it is protocol for me to ask… Would you like to see the ultrasound

Of course I wanted to see the ultrasound, but I also worried that seeing the embryo would change my mind. I didn’t

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