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 language it

possible? Unlock magic and an entire language just appears in

Precisely.

I shelve them for now. It's a strange thing, but not nearly as important as what

enters the room. Selene, who's been rolling around on the floor, suddenly sits up straight, her posture prim and proper. I

quickly as Sister Miriam steps

Sister Miriam

vintage 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,

us, her tone cool and polite. Her red eyes

Glancing at Vanessa and Marcus, whose faces are blank,

city at

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

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

and her eyes dart around the room as

never seen

She knows something

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

instead of working on her papers.

feet, her small form quivering.

her, because she barks

of Sister Miriam's fingers, Layla vanishes the

un air, I blink, startled

Miriam turns back to me, tension radiating from her every movement. She's almost shaking with anger, but it makes no

danger.

asks, her voice tight. I'm sure

gesturing to my husky. "But she'd need a way back into the city Sister Miriam's gaze falls on Selene, and I'm

display of emotion I've ever seen from her. For a long moment, she Just

Ava: Sister Miriam is

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

Miriam lets 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 take long with both of us

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 network. This is not

words only cement the foreboding in my heart,

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

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