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

is that possible? Unlock magic and an entire

Precisely.

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

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

Sister Miriam steps into view. I blink, taken

Ava Sister Miriam is

grown accustomed to seeing her in. Instead, she's wearing a loose shirt and jeans. It's so... normal. So un-Sister Miriam-like

Her red eyes lock onto

at Vanessa and Marcus, whose faces are

Miriam, is the city at war with

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 usual composure cracks,

demands, her voice sharp with intensity. Then, as if catching herself, she quickly

around the room as if searching for unseen

never seen her

She knows something

attacks on my pack, I explain, the words tumbling out in a rush. "And I can't get in touch with anyone.

of working on her papers.

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

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

a snap of Sister Miriam's fingers,

un air, I blink, startled b

tension radiating from her every movement. She's almost shaking with anger, but it

my pack in danger. Why is she

she asks, her voice tight. I'm

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

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

Sister Miriam is

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

word sounding as if it's been dragged out of her. "I'm willing to travel

she demands. "Every detail, no matter how small. For attacks to occur without my knowledge means that someone is tampering in my

words only cement the foreboding in my heart, but I

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

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