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

possible? Unlock magic and an entire language just appears in

Precisely.

was here, but he's not, so I shelve them for

the room. Selene, who's been rolling around on

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

Sister Miriam is

seeing her in. Instead, she's wearing a loose shirt and jeans. It's so... normal.

us, her tone cool and polite. Her red eyes lock onto mine. "Is there a problem,

Vanessa and Marcus, whose faces are

Miriam, is the city

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

intensity. Then, as if catching herself, she quickly adds,

fingers twitch, and her eyes dart around

never seen her

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

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

feet, her small form quivering. "I

as she studies the gnome. After a few seconds, she must decide that she believes her, because she barks out

a snap of Sister Miriam's

air, I blink, startled b

me, tension radiating from her every movement.

pack in danger. Why

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

a connection with our pack" he explains, gesturing to my husky.

seen from her. For a long moment, she

Ava: Sister Miriam

But it isn't at

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

she demands. "Every detail, no matter how small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge means that someone is tampering in my information network.

words only cement the foreboding in

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

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