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 move out. I’ll fill everyone

prepare.

There’s something I need

more. I needed to

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

before hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

in the fire, but I had scanned pretty

them with ease. I had also tried to restore

that were pretty damaged.

have all these books

we might need some information from

onto something.”

don’t reply. I can’t get overly confident until

is it, Leo?” Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour later and we

place that remains untouched. Everyone else has

told me I needed to know what we are up

us a lot of times and I plan to finish

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

the longer they

but f**k, knowing they are out there is

Fear of what may happen to her is rising

papers in front of me

off, as she leans

I have up on the screen.

you are…

my messy scrawl

pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work to decode

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

as Shadow it gave me enough to

it would work if I

has it?”

pushing the final sheet, which

I had been working

frowning as

was a language long forgotten… and although

read,

sense overall.

thunders as

the wraith family… What on

you sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking

as I stare

with smoke and

from a human, we hadn’t paid

tried to find out what we were dealing

survive and to gain a solid

in them disguising themselves in the identity of

Shadow Wraiths

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be

taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure iron coated

Nightshade,

Harpagophytum into their necks.” She

is what he

say, standing up. I have a sword which

how… did you… how did you even figure that

I

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be

is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies to

dawning on

wanting to either simply linger by these

on the wraith’s intentions they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

“Can you

we find

that… “Leave that

looking at

and I hold out my

hour later, and I am now near the caverns. I had made one

before getting here.

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

sense of smell

glance back at Alejandro who is arguing with

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

been injured

to sort their

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

Dad won’t listen.”

g***amn child.”

are. Now get the

age, you did

her eyes blazing a

her home.”

by whilst Azura is out there! You are

She growls.

only had an issue with

this. You causing a scene is delaying

command rolls

and anger consuming her and she’s trying

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at

heart thundering.

shaking with anger, before

I feel a little bad

Alejandro’s concern. After all, she is his

to do any of them any

to the caverns is half a

and they are armed with the bullets we created.

men?”

hundred out front.”

get this

back is ready… and I have everything

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

says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling

Alejandro

as

them where exactly we are going

a nod as

as we all run

me,

he doesn’t.

and my heart thunders