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

possible? Unlock magic and an entire language just appears in your

Precisely.

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

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

fades quickly as Sister Miriam steps

Ava Sister

Gone are 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

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

and Marcus, whose faces are blank, I launch into a

city at

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

as if catching herself, she quickly adds, "I've heard nothing about any war,

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

never seen her

She knows something

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

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

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

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

Miriam's

un air, I blink, startled

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

in danger. Why is she so

asks, her voice tight. I'm sure

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

Sister Miriam is

obvious. But it isn't at us. She has

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

matter how small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge means that

foreboding in my

softening slightly as she looks at Selene. The change in

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