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

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, but not nearly as important as what we're here

Selene, who's been rolling around on the floor, suddenly sits up straight, her posture prim

fades quickly as Sister Miriam steps into view. I blink,

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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

polite. Her red eyes lock onto

not sure. Glancing at Vanessa and Marcus, whose faces are blank,

Miriam, is the city at war

my breath away for a

she demands, her voice sharp with intensity. Then, as if catching herself, she quickly

her eyes dart around the room

seen her

She knows something

in a rush. "And I can't get in touch with anyone.

Layla, who's been watching our exchange instead of working on her papers. "What's going on?" she demands, her tone sharp and bordering

form

she must decide that she believes her, because she barks out orders.

Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla vanishes

I blink, startled

tension radiating from her every movement.

my pack in danger. Why is

call for me?" she asks, her voice tight. I'm sure there's

to my husky.

I've ever seen from her. For a long moment, she Just glares at Selene, who stares back,

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

says, the word sounding as if it's been dragged out of her. "I'm willing to travel with the... wolf. It

me. "Tell me everything you know," she demands. "Every detail, no matter how small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge means that someone is tampering in my information

words only cement the foreboding in my heart,

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

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