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…

to the table, “We prepare to move out. I’ll fill

prepare.

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

more. I needed to check this….

moment?” I ask, turning to

nods before hurrying over and we

apartment.

may be gone in the fire, but

ease. I had

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all these books duplicated

when we might need some information from

onto something.” She

reply. I can’t get overly confident

asks. It’s about half an

place that remains untouched.

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

of times and I plan to finish this once

spinning, the pressure rising as time slips

longer

I’m onto something… but f**k, knowing

to her is rising as I keep on making

of me are

is…” She trails off,

at the page I

you are…

messy scrawl and I

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

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

by translating that word as Shadow it gave me enough

I took it

it?” She

pushing the

I had been working on, towards

down, frowning as

forgotten… and although

that are too damaged to read, or simply not

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the

family… What on earth…

sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking

at the page, as I stare at the image depicting a

and shadows

far from a human, we hadn’t paid it

find out

take a host to survive and to gain a solid

themselves in the identity of their

Wraiths are even

Wraiths cannot be killed unless their

taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

and Harpagophytum into their necks.” She turns to me.

what he

so…” I say, standing up. I have

you… how did you

f**king late, though.” I say quietly, entering

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be called on

is very limited. Wraiths feed on

dawning on

of energy wanting to

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

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get

we find his real name?”

“Leave that to me… Can you call

looking at

nods and I hold out

and 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

glance back at Alejandro who is

sure which one is angrier. Kiara

those who had been injured in the

needed her to sort

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

Dad won’t listen.”

a g***amn

get the f**k out of here.” Alejandro

age, you

eyes

up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro

not just going to sit by whilst Azura

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an issue with his daughter

have time for this. You causing a

Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I see

anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop herself

shifting.

from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

shaking with anger, before she casts one

her dad, and I feel a little bad

all, she is his daughter…

do

half a

are armed with the bullets

men?”

two hundred out front.”

about we go get

back is ready… and

I will handle those.”

forward, her

Alejandro walks

ready?” He asks, as Dad

had already told them where exactly

say, giving them a nod as

blaze as we

stays with me,

he

reach the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I