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.

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 as

can still turn around,” Mina said. “You can go home. There’s no

I ignored her.

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

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

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

and walked past the gossipy couple again before I found a seat by

began to grow more and more nervous. Each time the nurse came out, I would

it was

There was a comfortable bed and a couch inside with a nice,

said, giving me a hospital gown before leaving me

exposed and I couldn’t bear my racing heart

doctor came 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 his eyes were bright

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

I nodded.

to perform an ultrasound to check to see exactly how far

nodded 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 the stirrups as the doctor

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

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

to see the ultrasound, but I also worried that seeing the embryo would change my mind. I didn’t know what to do, but finally, my curiosity got the best of me.

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