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

prepare.

out. There’s something I need to check. I will

away once more. I needed to check this….

for a moment?” I

and nods before hurrying over

apartment.

may be gone in the fire, but I had scanned pretty

with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all

might need

something.” She

don’t reply. I can’t get

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

untouched. Everyone else has gone ahead,

know what we are up against

and I plan to

the pressure rising as time slips by. I

longer I’m here, the longer

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

happen to her is rising as I keep on making

front of

trails off,

the page I have up

you are…

read my messy scrawl and I sit

ones at the

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it gave me enough to work

would work if I took it as

it?” She

it f**king has.” I say, pushing

had been working on, towards

as she reads

long forgotten… and although there

to read, or

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans the page.

the wraith family… What on earth…

ask, sitting back and looking

as I stare

with smoke and shadows surrounding

far from a human, we

had all tried to find out what

take a host to survive

them disguising themselves in the identity of their

and strength, Shadow Wraiths

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their

taken, upon driving a weapon made of

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns to me. “Do you

is what he

say, standing up. I have a sword

how… did you… how did you

I

discovered, it can be called on

limited. Wraiths feed

says realisation dawning on

energy wanting to either simply linger

the wraith’s intentions they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you get

how will we find

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

at

and I

I am now near the caverns. I had

before getting here.

scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at me.

smell is obviously far better than

glance back at Alejandro who

sure which one is angrier. Kiara had stayed

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

needed her to sort their

interfere?” I ask Dante.

listen.” He

not a g***amn child.” Skyla

the f**k out

my age, you

her eyes

for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of his

whilst Azura is out there! You

She growls.

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

for this. You

command rolls off him, and I see Skyla’s

and anger consuming her and she’s trying to

shifting.

clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

her.” She says, her voice shaking

her dad, and I feel a little bad

Alejandro’s concern. After all, she is his daughter… but

going to do any of them any

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

with the bullets we

men?”

two hundred out

how about we go get

on my back is ready… and I have everything

me, I will handle those.” Dante says,

says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

as Alejandro walks

ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan step

exactly we are going to attack

say, giving them a nod as the Five

we all run

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

he

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders