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.

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 her and pressed the

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 a tear came

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

I ignored her.

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

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

looked back up at me and smiled again. “You’re all set, Miss Fowler. You can take a seat and the nurse will be right

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

out, I would feel my heart leap, only for

it

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

said, giving me

heart anymore. I wished, even though we weren’t

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

a warm smile that helped me relax. “I

I nodded.

perform an ultrasound to check to see exactly how far along the

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 asked. My heart raced as he began the internal ultrasound, and I closed my eyes against the feeling of the probe moving around

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

he said. “Now 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

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