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

magic and an entire language just appears in

Precisely.

ask Magister 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

sharp click of heels against the floor announces 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

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

Sister Miriam

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

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

at Vanessa and Marcus, whose faces are

city

she takes an involuntary step forward, so intense that it steals my breath away for a

intensity. Then, as if catching herself, she quickly adds, "I've heard nothing about any war, but that doesn't something isn't happening.

eyes dart around

never seen her

She knows something

explain, the words tumbling out in a rush. "And I can't get in touch with anyone. No one's answering

instead of working on her papers. "What's going on?" she

form

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

a snap of Sister Miriam's

I blink, startled b

every movement. She's almost shaking with anger, but it

my pack in danger. Why is she

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

to my husky. "But she'd need a way back into the city Sister

open display of emotion I've ever seen from her. For a

Ava: Sister Miriam

it isn't at us. She

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

demands. "Every detail, no matter how small. For attacks to

the foreboding in my heart, but

she looks

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