Tangled

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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

that possible? Unlock magic and an entire language

Precisely.

a few questions if he was here, but he's not, so I shelve them for now. It's a strange thing, but not nearly as important

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

amusement fades quickly as Sister Miriam steps into view.

Sister

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

her tone cool and polite. Her red eyes lock

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

the city at

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

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 doesn't something isn't happening. Quickly,

fingers twitch, and her eyes dart around the room as if searching for unseen

never seen her

She knows something

the words tumbling out in a rush. "And I can't get in touch

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

form quivering. "I don't know of

she barks out orders. "Find out what's happening and see if Alpha Renard and his brood are still in the city.

a snap of Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla vanishes the

I blink, startled

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

danger. Why is she

me?" she asks, her voice

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,

most open display of emotion I've ever seen from her.

Sister

isn't obvious. But it isn't

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

small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge means that someone is tampering in my information network.

foreboding in my heart, but I

as she looks at Selene. The change in her demeanor is subtle, but