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

of the language

possible? Unlock magic and an entire language just appears in

Precisely.

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

before she even enters the room. Selene, who's been rolling around on the floor, suddenly

Sister Miriam steps into view.

Sister Miriam

are the vintage dresses I've grown accustomed to seeing her in. Instead, she's wearing a loose shirt and jeans. It's so... normal. So un-Sister

her tone cool and polite. Her red eyes lock onto

I'm not sure. Glancing at Vanessa and Marcus, whose faces

Miriam, is the city at war

my breath away for a moment

question?" she demands, her voice sharp with intensity. Then, as if catching herself, she quickly adds, "I've heard nothing about any war, but that

fingers twitch, and her eyes dart around the room as if searching for

seen

She knows something

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

exchange instead of working on her papers. "What's going on?"

feet, her small form quivering. "I

that she believes her, because she

of Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla vanishes the

I blink, startled b

Miriam turns back to me, tension radiating from her every movement. She's almost shaking with anger, but it makes

danger.

she asks,

recon, try to establish a connection with our pack" he explains, gesturing to my husky. "But she'd

I've ever seen from her.

Ava: Sister

Selene observes, like that isn't obvious. But it isn't at us. She

out of her. "I'm willing to travel with the... wolf. It shouldn't take

For attacks to occur without my knowledge means that someone is tampering in my information network.

words only cement the foreboding in my heart,

slightly as she looks at Selene. The change in her demeanor is subtle, but

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