Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire

112. A Forgotten Language

LEO.

“That’s the last one.” Li Sheng says tossing the deactivated device onto the

ground. Four had gone off in total before we had managed to find the rest and

disarm them. I had felt thirteen tethers snap, meaning we had lost thirteen lives.

Eric and Emmet’s selfish plan had cost not only me but instead had cost the

lives of many innocent people.

Those who had been trapped, and there had been many, had been accounted

for and we had retrieved the bodies of our dead too.

They ranged from the ages of eleven to ninety-seven. 1

“Continue to comb the pack grounds until every area has been covered just in

case there’s more detonators.” I say coldly.

I need to f***king go after them. I know there is a team out there, but I still need

to do something too.

“Will do Alpha.” He replies, lowering his head before he runs off.

Alejandro and several others were now in one of my meeting rooms, gathered

around a map, trying to find out where Azura and Corrado had vanished to, and

the possible places they may have gone.

“There’s the forest there…” Elijah says, frowning deeply.

He, Damon, and several others are here too, but time is just moving too f**king

slow. With each passing moment, who knows what she’s going through. I’m a

f**king mess inside, but I’m f**king trying to keep my sh*t together. I can’t lose

them, I need them.

I walk over to the table, and look down at the 3D hologram map that covers the

entire table.

“I don’t know… isn’t that too close to your place? Maybe to the west, Dante’s

gone to check that side out…” Alejandro mutters as I stare at the spot that the

blimp of the tracker had last been, before it vanished.

“He’s misleading us.” I say quietly, feeling my anger rise. This is a f**king game

to him … I want blood… I want to f**king kill.

“Meaning?” Alejandro asks.

“This is where Azura’s tracker went off radar … a place that’s got literally three

dense forest areas around it… making it the ideal place for us to f**king

search… I’m certain he went in the opposite f**king direction. Trust me, I know

how f**king b****rds work.” I say menacingly.

“Then where do you think they may be?” Liam asks. His anger is palpable, but I

can see the worry for his sister in his eyes. 1

I look down at the map, zooming out and scrolling fifty miles in the opposite

direction. “The caverns,” I say, tapping the map.

All eyes turn on me, and Alejandro c**ks a brow. “Why do you think that?”

“It’s the last place he’d think we’d look… that place has magic that can cancel

out a lot of sh*t. Azura’s tracker couldn’t have just blipped out unless she’s in a

location that blocks the outside off…” I run my fingers through my hair, only for

the strands of my hair to fall back in front of my forehead.

“How sure are you?” Damon asks, frowning.

“Pretty sure. Raihana wasn’t able to teleport to Azura either. She had something

of hers and Judah doesn’t possess that kind of magic. So why the f**k did the

teleportation not work? Unless ofcourse there is a power strong enough to

counter it. Raihana is meant to be one of the strongest witches alive, so tell me

what can f**king counter her? Trust me, this is the place to search.” I say

confidently, turning away.

They seem to take a second to mull over my words before Alejandro slaps his

hands together, rubbing them. “Right, let’s listen, he has the f**king brains.”

Yeah, I do.

“Remember, he’s f**king fast; from the footage, we can see that he seems to

have a link with the shadows…” Elijah is saying.

I frown. Shadows… I suddenly remember an image from a certain book I had

gone over. A book that contained drawings and symbols that no one was able to

read because of the language.

I need to go over it again.

“So what’s the plan?” Ace asks and I’m brought out of my trance. My eyes flash

as I frown deeply.

Oh, I f**king have a plan…

the table, “We prepare to move

prepare.

and move out. There’s something I need to check. I will catch up.”

away once more. I needed to check

a moment?” I ask, turning to the

nods before hurrying over and we head

apartment.

be gone in the fire, but I had scanned pretty much most of it

to look through them with ease.

that were pretty damaged.

idiots didn’t have all these

knows when we might need some information from

something.”

can’t get overly confident

half an hour

place that remains untouched. Everyone else has

know what

lot of times and I plan to finish this

as time slips

here, the longer they suffer

onto something… but f**k, knowing

me. Fear of what may happen to her is rising as

papers in front of me

off, as she

reply, looking back at the page I have

you are…

my messy scrawl

ones at the top. “Can work

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it

if it would work if I took it as

it?”

has.” I say, pushing

that I had been working

as she reads

language long forgotten… and although there are

are too damaged to read,

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans the page.

subspecies of the wraith family…

sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking up

as I

and shadows surrounding

so far from a human,

find out what we were dealing

take a host to survive and

in them disguising themselves in the

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are

be killed

taken, upon driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

Harpagophytum into their necks.” She turns

is what

I have a sword which is fully

how… did you… how did you even figure that

little f**king late, though.” I

name is discovered, it can be called on

limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of

realisation dawning on her.

wanting to either simply linger by these

the wraith’s intentions they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you get those

but… how will we find his real

had an idea about that… “Leave that to me… Can you call Janaina.”

looking at

nods and I hold out

near the caverns. I had made one

before getting here.

scent lingers.” Dante

it, but his sense of smell

Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla.

and I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had stayed

to heal those who had been injured in the explosions,

her to sort their

ask Dante. He glances back at them

listen.” He

not a g***amn child.”

Now get the f**k out of here.” Alejandro

me. At my age, you did a

eyes blazing

isn’t up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to

Azura is out there! You are so d**n

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an issue with his

time for this. You causing a scene

hell home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him,

anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

shaking with anger, before she casts

at her dad, and I feel a

After all, she

do any of

caverns is half a mile from here.” I say, “He

bullets we

men?”

least two hundred

how about we go get this

ready… and I

bullets to me, I will

stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

as Alejandro

we ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan

had already told them where exactly we

a nod as

as we all run

who stays with me,

he doesn’t.

the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders