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

possible? Unlock magic and an entire language just appears in

Precisely.

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

Selene, who's been rolling

quickly as Sister Miriam steps into view. I

Sister Miriam

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

and polite. Her red eyes lock onto mine. "Is there

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

Miriam, is the city at war

is immediate. Her eyes widen, 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

demands, her voice sharp with intensity. Then, as if catching herself, she quickly adds, "I've heard nothing about any

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

seen

She knows something

rogue attacks on my pack, I explain, the words tumbling out in a rush.

on her papers. "What's

her feet, her small form quivering.

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 in the

of Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla vanishes the

un air, I blink, startled

to me, tension radiating from her every movement.

my pack in danger.

for me?" she asks, her voice tight.

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 shocked by the

emotion I've ever seen from her. For a long

Ava: Sister Miriam is

But it isn't at us. She has murderous

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

detail, no matter how small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge means that someone is tampering in my

only cement the foreboding in my

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

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