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

and an entire language just appears in your

Precisely.

so I shelve them for now. It's a strange thing, but not nearly as important as

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. I can't help but

Sister Miriam steps into view. I

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

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

Glancing at Vanessa and Marcus, whose faces

Miriam, is the city

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

intensity. Then, as if catching herself, she

twitch, and her eyes dart around the room as

never seen

She knows something

pack, I explain, the words tumbling out in a rush. "And I can't get in touch with anyone. No one's answering

gaze snaps to 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

her small form

she must decide that she believes her, because she barks out orders.

a snap of Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla vanishes

air, I blink,

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

danger.

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

connection with our pack" he explains, gesturing to my husky. "But she'd need a way back

her. For a long moment, she Just glares at Selene, who

Sister Miriam is

it

word sounding as if it's been dragged out of her. "I'm willing to travel with the... wolf. It shouldn't take long with both of us looking into

no matter how small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge

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

her gaze softening slightly as she looks at Selene. The change in her demeanor is

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