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…

prepare to move out. I’ll fill everyone in

prepare.

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

once more. I needed

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

up and nods before hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

be gone in the fire, but I had scanned

computer to look through them with ease. I had also tried to restore

that were pretty damaged.

why these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated

might need some information from

onto something.” She

don’t reply. I can’t get

Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour later and we are

place that remains untouched. Everyone else has

to know what we are up against to win.

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

the pressure rising as time slips by. I

longer I’m here, the longer

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

may happen to her is rising as I

the papers in front of me are full

off, as she

at the page I have up on the screen.

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and I sit

ones at the

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

as Shadow it gave me

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

it?”

has.” I say, pushing the final

had been

as

and although there are still

damaged to read, or simply not fully readable,

sense overall.

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

wraith family… What on

I ask, sitting

page, as I stare at

and shadows

picture was so far from a

tried to find out

to survive and to gain a

in them disguising themselves in

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even

be killed unless their true names

a weapon made of

Nightshade,

necks.” She turns to

is what

standing up. I have a sword which is

you even figure that out?” She

I

Wraith’s name is discovered, it

Wraiths feed on

realisation dawning

high levels of energy wanting to either simply linger by

wraith’s intentions they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you

but… how will we find his real name?”

about that… “Leave that to me… Can you call Janaina.”

looking at her

and I hold out my

later, and I am now near the caverns. I

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling

smell is obviously far better

at Alejandro who is arguing

sure which one is angrier.

those who had been injured in

needed her to sort their sh*t

I ask Dante.

listen.” He says

not a g***amn child.”

are. Now get the f**k out of here.”

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

eyes

home.” Alejandro snarls

by whilst Azura is

She growls.

only had an issue with his daughter being

for this. You causing a

command rolls off him, and

anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop herself

shifting.

clenches her jaw before she looks at me,

heart thundering.

her voice shaking

her dad, and I

all, she is his daughter…

going to do

the caverns is half a mile from here.”

bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

hundred out

go get this d**n wraith.” Jax

ready… and I have everything I

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

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

nod, as Alejandro walks over to

we ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan step

exactly we are going

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

blaze as we all run

one who stays with me, and

me, he doesn’t.

and my heart thunders when