Chapter 214: The Omen

Moana

When I woke up, I found myself in a dimly lit hospital room with Edrick sleeping on my lap. I was no longer floating in a void, nor was Michael above me with a knife. Instead, I was safe and sound with my mate by my side.

But nothing felt right. That dream was too vivid to just be a machination of my own anxiety… It felt like an omen. Was Michael coming for me with that knife, or was it really all just a dream made up in my own mind?

Suddenly, Edrick must have sensed that I was awake because he jerked his head up and opened his eyes wide.

“Moana,” he whispered. He lurched forward suddenly, looking relieved, and kissed me deeply. I was comforted, but also taken aback at the same time, and when we pulled apart I gave him a puzzled look.

“What happened?” I asked quietly. My throat felt dry and cracked.

asleep for three days,” he responded, his own voice shaking. “But you’re

widen as Edrick spoke. “Edrick,

my vitals, checking on me, and asking me questions. The room filled with a

where Edrick was waiting nervously with dark circles under his eyes, the doctor came

the doctor said with a smile. “You can thank your wolf for

she do now?” Edrick asked. I noticed that he

clipboard. “I’m going to send in a prescription for you

I couldn’t stay in bed for a week! I had a job to do, and I

said gently, rubbing my shoulder with a worried yet relieved look

early on in her pregnancy. At this

course; I didn’t want to put my baby in harm’s way. I would just need to get through

leaning on the end of my bed with his hands as he looked at me over the rim of his glasses. “But I sincerely think that you should find a therapist. I don’t know exactly what happened a few weeks ago, although I’ve heard bits and pieces. And I don’t know if that’s the only thing that has happened to you. But it’s a lot for one person

going through postpartum depression, and those stories were bad enough. Postpartum psychosis, on the other

in mind already.” He looked at me for a moment with pain in his eyes, but there was something else there, too. Fear. Was

Edrick’s promise, nodded and shot me a smile. “I’m going to have you stay the rest of the night to keep an eye on your vitals, but you can leave after that,” he said, patting

we were alone again, Edrick sighed and ran a hand through his disheveled hair before he turned

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