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

of the language

that possible? Unlock magic and an entire language

Precisely.

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

Selene, who's been rolling around on the floor, suddenly sits up straight, her posture prim and proper. I can't help

as Sister Miriam steps into view.

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 is

and polite. Her red

and Marcus, whose faces are blank, I launch into

is the city

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

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

around the room as

seen her

She knows something

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

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

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

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 in the

Miriam's fingers, Layla

un air, I blink,

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

in danger. Why

she asks, her voice

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 Miriam's gaze falls on Selene, and I'm

her. For a long moment, she Just glares at Selene, who

Ava: Sister Miriam is

obvious. But it isn't

of her. "I'm willing to travel with the... wolf.

snap back to me. "Tell me everything you know," she demands. "Every detail, no matter how small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge

words only cement the foreboding in my heart, but I ask,

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

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