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…

table, “We prepare to

prepare.

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

turning away once more. I needed to check

I ask, turning to

before hurrying over and we

apartment.

fire, but I had scanned pretty much most of it

them with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

sure why these idiots didn’t have all

we might need some information

something.”

reply. I can’t get overly

half an hour later

that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

to know what we are up against to win.

us a lot of times and I plan to

is spinning, the pressure rising as time

longer I’m here, the longer

I’m onto something… but f**k, knowing they

to her is rising

in front of me are full of

She trails off, as she

at the page I have up

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and I

ones

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me enough to

it would work if I took it as the key to

it?” She

f**king has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now contains

been working on,

down, frowning as she

forgotten… and although there are

damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

as she scans the

family… What on earth… they

you sure?” I ask, sitting back

back at the page, as I

with smoke and shadows

from a human, we hadn’t paid

find out

survive and to gain a solid physical

in them disguising themselves in the identity of their hosts.

strength, Shadow Wraiths are

present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true names

taken, upon driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

Harpagophytum into their necks.” She

what he

so…” I say, standing up. I

did you even figure that out?”

though.” I say

is discovered, it can be called

limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies to

Delsanra says realisation dawning

energy wanting to either simply linger by these beings

they will

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you get

how will we find his real name?” She

idea about that… “Leave that to

looking at her

I

am now near the caverns. I had made one last

before getting here.

Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at

his sense of smell is obviously

back at Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla. She had

sure which one

to heal those who had been injured in the explosions, but I think

to

I ask Dante. He glances back

won’t listen.” He says

g***amn child.” Skyla

are. Now get the f**k out

can’t stop me. At my age, you

eyes blazing a

Take her home.” Alejandro

sit by whilst Azura is out there!

She growls.

is, since he only had an issue

this. You causing a scene is delaying things

the hell home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I see Skyla’s

consuming her and

shifting.

away from her and Skyla clenches her

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking with anger, before she casts

and I feel

After all, she is his daughter… but

going to do any of them any

entrance to the caverns is half a mile from here.” I say, “He will

are armed with the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

two hundred out front.” Jin

get

sword on my back is ready… and I

bullets to me, I will

Raihana says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling

nod, as Alejandro walks over

we ready?” He asks, as

had already told them where exactly

say, giving them a nod as the Five

blaze as we

only one who stays with me, and

me, he doesn’t.

pretty fast and my heart thunders when