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…

turn back to the table, “We prepare to move

prepare.

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

more. I needed to check

I ask, turning to

looks up and nods before hurrying over and we

apartment.

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

look through them with ease. I had

that were pretty damaged.

have all these books duplicated

when we might need some information

onto something.” She

reply. I can’t get overly confident until

It’s about half an hour later and

A place that remains untouched. Everyone else has

needed to know what we are

and I plan to finish this once and for

mind is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by. I needed to

here, the longer they suffer

but f**k, knowing they are out there

happen to her is rising

the papers in front of me are full of my

is…” She trails off, as

I have up

you are…

read my messy scrawl and I

symbols.” I say, pointing to the ones at the top. “Can

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it gave me

to check if it would work if I took it as

it?” She

say, pushing the final sheet, which now contains

been working on, towards

leans down, frowning as she

a language long forgotten… and

are too damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans

of the wraith family… What on earth…

sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking

back at the page, as I stare

with smoke and shadows surrounding

so far from a human,

had all tried to find out what we were dealing

to survive and to gain a

them disguising themselves in the identity

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless

and taken, upon driving a weapon made of

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns

is what he

I say, standing up. I

how did you even figure that out?” She

late, though.” I say quietly, entering my

the Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it

very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies to

realisation dawning on her.

of energy wanting to either simply linger

wraith’s intentions they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can

but… how will we find his real

an idea about that… “Leave

looking at

and I

and I am now near the

before getting here.

Dante

smell is obviously far

Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla. She

and I’m not sure which one is

had been injured in the

her to sort their sh*t

interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances back at them and

Dad won’t listen.”

not a g***amn

are. Now get the

and you can’t stop me. At my age, you did a lot

eyes

debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of

not just going to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are so d**n

She growls.

since he only had an issue with his

You causing a

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

rage and anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

Skyla clenches her

heart thundering.

her voice shaking

at her dad, and I feel a little bad

all, she is his

isn’t going to do any

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

they are armed with the bullets we created.

men?”

hundred out

get this d**n wraith.”

back is ready…

me, I will handle

stepping forward,

nod, as Alejandro walks over to

He asks, as Dad and Rayhan step

exactly we are going

them a nod as the Five step

we

the only one who stays with me, and

me, he doesn’t.

caverns pretty fast and