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

an entire language just

Precisely.

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

sharp click of heels against the floor announces 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. I can't help but

steps into view. I blink, taken aback

Ava Sister Miriam is

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 is some

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

much should I reveal? I'm not sure. Glancing at Vanessa and Marcus, whose faces are blank, I launch into a

is the city at

step forward, so intense that it steals my breath away for a moment as her eyes

such a question?" she demands, her voice sharp with intensity. Then, as if catching herself, she quickly adds, "I've heard nothing about any war, but that

dart around the room as if searching

never seen

She knows something

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

working on her papers. "What's going on?" she demands, her tone sharp and bordering on

her feet, her small form quivering.

she barks out orders. "Find out what's happening and see

snap of Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla

un air, I blink,

Miriam turns back to me, tension radiating from her every movement. She's almost shaking with

in danger.

she asks, her voice tight. I'm sure

husky. "But she'd need a way back into the city Sister Miriam's gaze falls on Selene, and I'm shocked

the most open display of emotion I've ever seen from her. For a long moment, she Just glares at

Ava: Sister Miriam

observes, like that isn't obvious. But it isn't

sounding as if it's been dragged out of her. "I'm willing to travel

small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge means that someone is tampering in my information network. This is not

only cement the foreboding

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

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