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.

“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

doors slid open. I stepped on, then pressed the button for the second floor. As I waited for the doors to open again at my destination,

Mina said. “You can go home. There’s

I ignored her.

doors slid open on the second floor. I stepped out and followed the signs down the hall to the gynecology department, then walked 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 scent that I was a human. One of the women turned

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

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

past the gossipy couple again before I found a seat by

came out, I would

however, it was my

nurse led me to my private room. There was a comfortable bed and a couch inside with a nice, big window and even a small kitchenette.

right in,” the nurse said, giving me a hospital gown

me 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 to

short older man

Fowler,” he said with a warm smile that helped me relax.

I nodded.

to check to see exactly how far along the pregnancy is,” he said then. “Go

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 asked.

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

is protocol for me to ask… Would you like to see the ultrasound before you

seeing the embryo would change

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