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

Unlock magic and an entire language just appears

Precisely.

Magister Orion a few questions if he was here, but he's not, so I shelve them

room. Selene, who's been rolling around on the floor, suddenly sits up straight, her posture prim and proper. I can't help but

fades quickly as Sister Miriam steps into view.

Sister Miriam

Gone 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 mine. "Is there a problem,

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

city at

steals my breath away for a moment as her eyes darken and her usual composure cracks, showing her fury. But there's surprise,

a question?" she demands, her voice sharp with intensity. Then, as if catching herself,

dart around

seen

She knows something

have been strange rogue attacks on my pack, I explain, the words tumbling out in a rush. "And

Layla, who's been watching our exchange instead of working on her papers. "What's going on?" she demands, her tone sharp and bordering on

small form quivering. "I don't know of

she believes her, because she barks out orders. "Find out what's happening and see if Alpha Renard and his brood

Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla vanishes

un air, I blink, startled

from her every movement. She's almost shaking with anger, but

danger.

me?" she asks,

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 Miriam's gaze falls on Selene, and I'm

of emotion I've ever seen from her. For a long moment,

Sister Miriam

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

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

how small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge means that someone is

foreboding in my heart, but I

softening slightly as she looks at Selene. The change in

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