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.

some more, 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

open. I stepped on, then pressed the button 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 away

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

I ignored her.

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

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

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

again before I found a seat by the

time the nurse came out, I would feel my heart leap, only for

however, it was my

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

nurse said, giving me a hospital gown before

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 terrifying

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

he said with a warm smile that helped me relax. “I hear

I nodded.

check to see exactly how far along the pregnancy is,” he

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 inside of

me sit up again, then reached out and patted my hands comfortingly as

for me to ask… Would you like to

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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