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

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

Precisely.

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

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

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

Sister Miriam is

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

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

Vanessa and

city at

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

Then, as if catching herself, she

eyes dart around the room as if searching for

never seen her

She knows something

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

our exchange instead of working on

small form quivering. "I don't know of anything, I

Miriam's eyes narrow as she studies the gnome. After a few seconds, she must decide that she believes her, because she barks out orders. "Find out what's happening and see if Alpha Renard and his brood are still

snap of Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla vanishes

air, I blink, startled

radiating from her every movement. She's almost shaking with anger, but it makes no

my pack in danger. Why is she

asks, her voice tight.

a connection with 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, and I'm shocked by the blatant

her. For

Sister

it isn't at us.

of her. "I'm willing to travel with the... wolf. It shouldn't take long with both of us looking into the

small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge means that

the foreboding in my heart, but

gaze softening slightly as she looks

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