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.

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 computer. I swallowed as I walked past

to open again at my destination, I realized that I was touching my stomach nervously, and

can go home. There’s no need

I ignored her.

the room were various other patients waiting for their appointments;

I said to the young nurse working at the desk, who thankfully smiled warmly at

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

and walked past the gossipy couple again

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 was

bed and a couch inside with a nice, big window and

said, giving me

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

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

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

I nodded.

ultrasound to check to see exactly how far along

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 I closed my eyes against the feeling of the probe moving

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

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

wanted to see the ultrasound, but I also worried that seeing the embryo would change my

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