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

and an entire language just

Precisely.

here, but he's not, so I shelve

before she even enters the room. Selene, who's been rolling around on the floor, suddenly sits up

amusement fades quickly as Sister Miriam steps

Ava Sister Miriam is

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 some sort

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

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

is the city at war with

and she takes an involuntary step forward, so intense that it steals my breath away for a moment as her eyes darken and her usual composure cracks, showing her fury. But there's

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

dart around

seen her

She knows something

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

on

her small form quivering. "I

believes her, because she barks out orders. "Find out what's happening and see if Alpha

Sister Miriam's fingers,

air, I blink, startled

radiating from her every movement. She's almost shaking with

in danger. Why

she asks, her voice tight. I'm sure there's

run recon, try to establish a connection with our pack" he explains, gesturing to my husky. "But she'd need a

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

Sister Miriam is

like that isn't obvious. But it isn't at us.

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... wolf. It shouldn't

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

foreboding in my heart, but I

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

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