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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

is that possible? Unlock magic and an entire language

Precisely.

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

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 proper. I can't help but smile

as Sister Miriam steps into view. I

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to seeing her in. Instead, she's wearing a loose shirt and jeans. It's so... normal. So

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

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

Miriam, is the city

steals my breath away for

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

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

seen her

She knows something

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

been watching our exchange instead of working on her papers. "What's going on?" she demands,

her small form quivering. "I don't

narrow as she studies the gnome. After a few seconds, she must decide that she believes her, because she barks out orders. "Find

snap of Sister Miriam's fingers,

un air, I blink,

from her every movement. She's almost shaking with anger, but it makes no

in danger. Why is she

did you call for me?" she asks, her voice tight. I'm

forward. "Selene wants 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 blatant dislike

most open display of emotion I've ever seen from her. For a long moment, she Just glares at Selene, who stares

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

"Fine," she says, the word sounding as if it's been dragged out of

everything you know," she demands. "Every detail, no matter how small. For attacks to occur

the foreboding in

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