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

magic and an entire

Precisely.

was here, but he's not, so I shelve them for now. It's a strange thing, but not nearly as important as what we're here

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

amusement fades quickly as Sister Miriam steps into view. I

Ava Sister

Instead, she's wearing a loose shirt and jeans. It's

she greets us, her tone cool and polite. Her red eyes lock onto mine. "Is there a

at Vanessa and Marcus, whose faces are blank, I launch into

Miriam, is the city

that it steals my breath away for a moment as her eyes darken and her usual

such a question?" she demands, her voice sharp with intensity. Then, as if catching herself, she quickly adds, "I've

around the room as if searching

seen her

She knows something

have been strange rogue attacks on my pack, I explain, the words tumbling out in a rush. "And I can't get in touch with anyone. No

snaps to Layla, who's been watching our exchange instead of working on

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

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

of Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla

I blink,

her every movement. She's almost shaking

my pack in danger.

she asks, her voice

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

ever seen from her. For a long moment, she Just glares at

Ava: Sister Miriam

upset, Selene observes, like that isn't obvious. But it isn't at us. She has

as if it's been dragged out of her. "I'm willing to travel with the... wolf. It shouldn't take long

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

cement the foreboding in

slightly as she looks at Selene. The change in

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