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 out. I’ll fill everyone in as

prepare.

something I need

I needed to

with me for a moment?” I ask, turning to the

looks up and nods before hurrying over and we

apartment.

in the fire, but I had

computer to look through them with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated

might

onto something.” She

can’t get overly confident

about half an hour

that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

needed to know what we are up against to win. He

and I

pressure rising as

here, the longer

onto something… but f**k, knowing

what may happen to her is rising as

of me are full of my

She trails off, as she

I have up

you are…

messy scrawl and I

symbols.” I say, pointing to the ones at

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

translating that word as Shadow it gave me enough to work

if I took it

it?”

has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now

been working on, towards

as she reads

long forgotten… and

damaged to read, or

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans

subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth… they

you sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking up at

as I stare at the

and shadows

a human, we hadn’t paid

we had all tried to find out what we

Wraiths take a host to survive and to gain a

them disguising themselves in the identity

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

cannot be killed unless their true names

driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns to me. “Do

what he

think so…” I say, standing up. I have a sword

how… did you… how did you even figure that out?”

f**king late, though.” I

discovered, it can be

Wraiths feed on

Delsanra says realisation dawning

to either simply linger by

they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get

we find his

an idea about that… “Leave

looking at

and I

now near the

before getting here.

right. Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at

of smell is obviously far

nod as I glance back at Alejandro who is arguing

sure which one is angrier. Kiara had stayed at

been injured in the explosions,

to sort their sh*t

interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances back

listen.” He says

g***amn

Now get the

age,

back, her eyes blazing a

Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to

sit by whilst Azura is out

She growls.

only had an issue with his daughter being

have time for this. You causing

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

and anger consuming her and

shifting.

her and Skyla clenches her jaw before

heart thundering.

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

I feel a little

concern. After all, she is his daughter… but

isn’t going to do any of them any

the caverns is half a mile from here.”

armed with the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

least two hundred

how about we go get

ready… and I have

bullets to me, I will handle those.” Dante says,

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her

Alejandro walks

we ready?” He asks, as Dad and

them where exactly we are going to attack

this.” I say, giving them a nod as the

we

the only one who stays with me, and even

me, he

reach the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders