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

Precisely.

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

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

fades quickly as Sister Miriam steps into view.

Ava Sister

her in. Instead, she's wearing a loose shirt and jeans. It's so... normal. So un-Sister Miriam-like that for a moment, I wonder if this is some

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

I'm not sure. Glancing at Vanessa and Marcus,

is the city at

step forward, so intense that it steals my breath away for a moment as

with intensity. Then, as if catching herself, she quickly adds, "I've heard

twitch, and her eyes dart around the

seen

She knows something

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

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

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

she barks out orders. "Find out what's happening and see if Alpha Renard and his brood

a snap of Sister Miriam's fingers,

un air, I blink,

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

danger. Why is

asks, her voice tight. I'm sure there's

our pack" he explains, gesturing to my husky. "But she'd need

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

Sister Miriam

upset, Selene observes, like that isn't obvious. But it

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

"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 network.

the foreboding in

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

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