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.

to me. “You’re on the second floor. The elevator is over there.” She pointed behind herself without even turning, then

As I waited for the doors to open again at my destination, I realized that I was touching my

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

I ignored her.

through a set of 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

working at the desk, who thankfully smiled warmly at me.

nodded and looked at her computer, then looked back up at me and smiled again. “You’re all set,

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

nervous. Each time the nurse came out, I would feel my heart leap,

however, it was

and a couch inside with a nice,

said, giving me a hospital gown before leaving me

on the hospital gown. It made me feel even more exposed and I couldn’t bear my racing heart anymore. I wished, even though we

short older man with a bit of a

that helped me relax. “I hear

I nodded.

see exactly how far along the pregnancy

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

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

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

the embryo would change my mind. I didn’t know what to do, but finally, my curiosity got the best of me. “I’d like to

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