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.

tag sticker and handed it to me. “You’re on the second

floor. As I waited for the doors to open again at

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

I ignored her.

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

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

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

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

more and more nervous. Each time the nurse came out, I would feel my

however, it

nurse led me to my private room. There was a comfortable bed and a couch inside with a nice,

right in,” the nurse said, giving

exposed and I couldn’t bear my racing heart anymore. I wished, even though we weren’t romantically involved, that

enough, the 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

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

I nodded.

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

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 asked. My heart raced as he began the internal ultrasound, and I closed my eyes

ultrasound was over quickly; I had always hated those internal ultrasounds. The doctor helped me sit up again, then reached

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

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

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