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 it

is that possible? Unlock magic and an entire language just appears

Precisely.

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

enters the room. Selene, who's been rolling around on the floor, suddenly sits up straight, her posture prim and proper. I

Sister Miriam steps

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 Miriam-like that for a moment, I wonder if this

tone cool and polite. Her

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

the city at

Her eyes widen, and she takes an involuntary step forward, so intense that it steals my breath away for a moment as her

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

and her eyes dart around the room as if

seen

She knows something

I explain, the words tumbling out in a rush. "And

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

to her feet, her small form quivering. "I

gnome. After a few seconds, she must decide that she believes her, because she barks out orders. "Find

snap of Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla vanishes the

air, I

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

pack in danger. Why is she so

did you call for me?" she asks, her voice tight. I'm sure

"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

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

Ava: Sister

obvious. But it isn't at us.

it's been dragged out of

small. For attacks to occur without my

only cement the foreboding in

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

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