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.

prepare.

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

I needed to check this…. “Delsanra,

a moment?” I ask, turning to the

nods before hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

gone in the fire, but

to look through them with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all these

knows when we might need

onto something.” She

I can’t get overly

It’s about half an hour

untouched. Everyone else has gone

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

times and I

spinning, the pressure rising as time slips

longer I’m here, the longer they suffer in Judah’s

I’m onto something… but f**k, knowing

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

of me are full of my

She trails off, as

don’t reply, looking back at the page I have up on the

you are…

messy scrawl and I sit

the ones

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

translating that word as Shadow it gave me

work if I took it as the key

has it?” She

f**king has.” I say, pushing

been

down, frowning as she

long forgotten… and although

too damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

thunders as she scans

family…

ask, sitting back

page, as I stare at the

with smoke and shadows

a

find

survive and to

themselves in the identity

Wraiths are even stronger

be killed unless their

weapon made of pure iron coated

Nightshade,

necks.” She turns to me. “Do

what he

standing up. I have a sword which is

you… how did you even

late, though.” I say quietly,

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can

Wraiths feed

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths

wanting to either simply linger by

will devour

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you

will we find his

I had an idea about that… “Leave that to me… Can you call

looking at

and I

now near the caverns. I had made one last

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling

but his sense of smell is

I glance back at Alejandro who is arguing

sure which one is angrier. Kiara had stayed

had been injured

her to

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

listen.” He says

a g***amn child.”

are. Now get the f**k out of here.”

me. At my age, you did a lot more than

eyes blazing a reddish

home.”

going to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are so d**n

She growls.

had an issue with his daughter being

have time for this. You causing

Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I

her and she’s trying to

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at

heart thundering.

her voice shaking with anger,

and I feel a

concern. After all, she is his daughter…

isn’t going to do

the caverns is half a mile from here.” I

they are armed with the bullets we created. Do

men?”

least two hundred out

about we go get this d**n

ready… and I

I will

Raihana says, stepping forward,

as Alejandro

asks, as Dad and Rayhan step

exactly we are

I say, giving them a nod as the Five

we all

is the only one who stays with me, and even when the

me, he

and my heart thunders when I