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

possible? Unlock magic and an entire language just appears in your

Precisely.

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

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

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

Ava Sister Miriam

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

greets us, her tone cool and polite. Her red eyes

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

is the city at war

it steals my breath away for

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

and her eyes dart around the

seen her

She knows something

I explain, the words tumbling out in a rush. "And I

instead of working on

feet, her small form quivering.

eyes narrow as she studies the gnome. After a few seconds, she must decide that she believes her, because she barks out orders. "Find out what's happening and see if Alpha Renard and his brood

Miriam's fingers, Layla vanishes

un air, I blink,

her every movement. She's almost shaking with

in danger.

call for me?" she asks, her

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

display of emotion I've ever seen from her.

Ava: Sister Miriam is

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

Sister Miriam lets out a long sigh. "Fine," she says, the word sounding as if it's been dragged out of her. "I'm willing

snap back to me. "Tell me everything you know," she demands. "Every detail, no matter how small. For attacks to

foreboding in my

slightly as she looks at Selene. The change

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