Tangled

Chapter 240

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240 Ava: Sister Miriam is Angry

Chapter 30Magister Orion doesn't bat an eye when we tell him that we want to get in touch

with Sister Mirlam.

Two hours later, we're back in Sister Miriam's strange mansion, just outside of the Fae Ward.

We all try calling people again, but nothing but voicemails answer us.

Selene rolls against the cool floor, groaning in relief. So much easier to breathe here. Pity. I do like it there.

"Sorry." Watching her writhe around to soothe her itchy skin gives me something to do while we wait for Sister Miriam's arrival.

Layla is back, hunched over a pile of papers she dragged with her, marking through various papers with terrifying efficiency. I'm not even sure if she's reading what's on the pages. Just flip, sign, flip, flip, sign. Every so often she sets one to the side after writing REJECTED in large letters at the top of the

page.

"Their language is fascinating." Vanessa murmurs, also watching the gnome work.

"Language?" Startled, I glance at the healer. "She hasn't said a word."

Our whispers echo through the room. It's impossible for Layla not to hear everything we're saying, yet we continue to whisper.

"Her writing," she corrects me. "Those letters-you called them runes?-are so interesting. She writes them so quickly, but they're so intricate and detailed."

Glancing at the papers again, I squint my eyes.

It takes a while for me to realize that Layla is, in fact, writing in the strange language of theirs, and not in English.

That can't be possible. I'm reading everything she's writing with such case, as though it were already in English. How?

Affinity, Selene explains with a yawn. You've accessed your magic. You've gained an

the language

magic and an entire language

Precisely.

if he was here, but he's not, so I shelve them for now. It's a strange

the room. Selene, who's been rolling around on the floor, suddenly sits up straight, her

amusement fades quickly as Sister Miriam steps into view. I blink,

Ava Sister Miriam

grown accustomed to seeing her in. Instead, she's wearing a loose shirt and jeans. It's

she greets us, her tone cool and polite. Her red eyes

reveal? I'm not sure. Glancing at Vanessa and Marcus,

Miriam, is the city at war with

forward, so intense that it steals my breath away for a moment

if catching herself, she quickly adds, "I've heard nothing about any war, but that doesn't something isn't happening.

dart around the room as if searching for unseen

never seen her

She knows something

explain, the words tumbling out in a rush. "And I can't

on her papers. "What's going on?" she demands, her tone

her feet, her small form quivering. "I don't know of anything, I

because she barks out orders. "Find

a snap of Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla

un air, I blink, startled b

tension radiating from her every movement.

my pack in danger. Why

she asks, her voice tight. I'm

our pack" he explains, gesturing to my husky. "But she'd need a way back into the city Sister Miriam's gaze falls on Selene, and I'm shocked by the blatant

most open display of emotion I've ever seen from her. For a long moment, she Just glares at Selene, who

Ava: Sister Miriam

But it isn't

long sigh. "Fine," she says, the word sounding as if it's been dragged out of her. "I'm willing

detail, no matter how small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge means that someone is tampering in

only cement the foreboding in my heart, but I ask,

the tense silence, her gaze softening slightly as she looks at Selene.

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