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…

back to the table, “We prepare to

prepare.

something I need to check. I will

more. I needed to check

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

up and nods before hurrying over and

apartment.

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

to look through them with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all

when we might

something.”

get

asks. It’s about half

untouched. Everyone else has gone

what we are up against

a lot of times and I plan to finish this once and

as time slips by. I needed

longer they suffer

know I’m onto something… but f**k, knowing they are

Fear of what may happen to her is rising as I

the papers in front of

She trails off, as she

looking back at the page I have up on the screen.

you are…

read my messy scrawl

symbols.” I say, pointing to the ones

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it gave me enough to

work if I took it as the key to cr**k

has it?”

it f**king has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now contains

had been

leans down, frowning as

forgotten… and although there are

to read,

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the page.

the wraith family… What on earth… they don’t

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

I stare at

and

the picture was so far from a human,

find out what we

to survive and to

in them disguising themselves in the identity of their hosts.

Wraiths are

be killed

driving a weapon

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns to

what

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

did you… how did you

f**king late, though.” I say

is discovered, it can be called

very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels

realisation dawning

energy wanting to either simply linger by these

they will

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can

but… how will we find his real

I had an idea about that… “Leave that to

looking at her

nods and I hold out my

I am now near the caverns. I had

before getting here.

Dante says,

sense of smell is obviously far

glance back at Alejandro who is arguing

not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had

to heal those who had been injured in the explosions, but I think right

needed her to sort their

interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances

Dad won’t listen.” He

not a g***amn child.”

get the f**k

and you can’t stop me. At my age, you did a lot more than this.”

her eyes blazing a

Take her home.” Alejandro

Azura is out there! You are so d**n

She growls.

only had

You causing a

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

and she’s trying

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw before she

heart thundering.

shaking with anger, before she

I feel a little bad

After all, she is his daughter…

going to do

entrance to the caverns is half a mile from here.” I say, “He will

and they are armed with the bullets

men?”

two hundred

we go get this

my back is ready… and

me, I will

stepping forward, her

Alejandro walks over to

asks, as Dad

already told them where exactly we are going

I say, giving them a nod as the Five step up behind me,

as we

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

he

and my heart thunders when