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

an entire language just appears in your

Precisely.

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

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

fades quickly as Sister Miriam steps

Ava Sister

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

evening," she greets us, her tone cool and polite. Her red eyes lock

sure. Glancing at Vanessa and Marcus, whose

city at war with

so intense that it steals my breath away for

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

twitch, and her eyes dart around the room as if

never seen her

She knows something

in a rush.

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

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

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

Miriam's fingers, Layla

un air, I blink, startled

to me, tension radiating from her every movement. She's almost

pack in danger. Why is

me?" she asks,

I can respond, Marcus steps forward. "Selene wants to run recon, try to establish a connection with our pack" he explains, gesturing to my husky. "But she'd need

It's the most open display of emotion I've ever seen from her. For a long moment,

Sister Miriam

obvious. But it isn't at

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

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

foreboding in my heart, but I

as she

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