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

prepare.

move out. There’s something I need to

more. I

come with me for a moment?” I

nods before hurrying

apartment.

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

them with ease. I had

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have

when we might need

onto something.”

I can’t get overly confident

It’s about half an hour later and we are in

place that remains untouched. Everyone else has

needed to know what we are

I plan to finish this once

mind is spinning, the pressure rising as time

the longer they suffer

but f**k, knowing they are out there

me. Fear of what may happen to her is rising as I

papers in front of me are full of

off,

back at the page I have up on the

you are…

messy

I say, pointing to the ones at the

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

as Shadow it gave me

check if it would work if I

has it?”

it f**king has.” I say, pushing the final

I had been working on,

frowning as she reads

language long forgotten… and although there are still parts of

are too damaged to read,

sense overall.

thunders as

of the wraith family… What on earth… they

sitting back

the page, as I stare

and shadows

picture was so far from a human, we hadn’t

all tried to find out what

to survive

them disguising themselves in the identity

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

cannot be killed unless their true names

taken, upon driving a weapon made of

Nightshade,

necks.” She turns to me.

what

think so…” I say, standing up. I

did you even figure that out?” She

I say quietly, entering

is discovered, it can

its help is very limited. Wraiths feed on

says realisation dawning on her.

of energy wanting to either simply linger by these beings

intentions they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you get those

away, but… how will we find his real name?”

an idea about that… “Leave that to me… Can you

at her

nods and I

now near the caverns. I

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante

of smell is obviously far better than

Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla. She had

which one is angrier.

to heal those who had been injured in

her to sort their

going to interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances

Dad won’t listen.” He

g***amn child.”

get the f**k out

my age, you did a lot more

back, her eyes blazing

Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one

going to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You

She growls.

only had an issue with

don’t have time for this. You causing a scene is delaying

rolls off him, and I see Skyla’s

anger consuming her and she’s trying

shifting.

away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at

heart thundering.

voice shaking

at her dad, and I feel a little

all,

do

half a mile from here.” I

the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

least two hundred out

get this d**n wraith.”

is ready…

bullets to me, I will handle those.” Dante

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

Alejandro walks

He asks, as Dad

had already told them where exactly we are

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

as we all run

is the only one who stays with me, and even

me, he

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when