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

Unlock magic and an entire

Precisely.

Orion a few questions if he was here, but he's not, so I shelve them for now. It's a strange thing, but not nearly as important as what

Sister Miriam's arrival before she even enters the room. Selene, who's been rolling around on the floor, suddenly sits up straight, her posture prim and proper.

Miriam steps

Ava Sister Miriam

accustomed to seeing her in. Instead, she's wearing a loose shirt and jeans. It's so... normal. So un-Sister Miriam-like that for a moment, I wonder if this is some

evening," she greets us, her tone cool and polite. Her red eyes lock onto

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

the city at war

an involuntary step forward, so intense that it steals my breath away

if catching

twitch, and her eyes dart around the room as

seen her

She knows something

have been strange rogue attacks on my pack, I explain, the words tumbling out in a rush. "And I can't get

snaps to Layla, who's been watching our exchange instead of working on her papers. "What's going on?"

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

that she believes her, because she barks out orders.

a snap of Sister Miriam's fingers,

air, I blink,

from her every movement. She's

pack in danger. Why is she

me?" she asks, her voice tight. I'm sure there's a

Marcus steps forward. "Selene wants to run recon, try to establish a connection with our pack" he explains, gesturing to my husky. "But she'd need a way back into the city Sister

seen from her. For a long moment, she Just glares

Ava: Sister Miriam is

isn't obvious. But it isn't at us. She has murderous intent toward someone,

sigh. "Fine," she says, the word sounding as if it's been dragged out of her. "I'm willing to travel with the... wolf. It

no matter how small. For attacks

words only cement the foreboding in

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

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