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

prepare.

There’s something I

I needed to

moment?” I ask,

hurrying over and we head

apartment.

fire, but I had scanned pretty

computer to look through them with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

have

knows when we might need some

something.” She

don’t reply. I can’t get overly

half an hour later

A place that remains untouched. Everyone else

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

times and I plan to finish

is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips

longer I’m here, the longer they

something… but f**k, knowing they

of what may happen to her is rising as I keep on

papers in front of me are

She trails off, as

looking back at the page I have up on the screen. So that’s

you are…

my messy scrawl

I say, pointing to the ones at the

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me enough to work with.

it would work if I took it

has it?”

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

had been working

down, frowning as she reads

language long forgotten… and although

too damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

heart thunders as she scans the

are subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth…

you sure?” I ask, sitting back and

I stare at the

and shadows surrounding

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

all tried to find out

survive and to gain a solid physical

disguising themselves in the identity of their hosts.

Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

cannot be killed unless

driving a weapon made of pure iron coated

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns

is what he

standing up. I

you even figure that out?”

late, though.” I say quietly,

name is discovered, it can

feed on high

says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths sense

high levels of energy wanting to either simply linger

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

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you get

we

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

at

I hold out my

and I am now near the caverns. I had made one

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling faintly at me.

of smell is obviously

back at Alejandro

not sure which one

who had been injured in the explosions, but I

needed her to sort their sh*t

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

won’t listen.”

g***amn child.” Skyla

Now get the

age,

back, her eyes blazing

home.” Alejandro snarls to one of

going to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are so d**n

She growls.

is, since he only had an issue with his

this. You causing a scene is delaying

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

rage and anger consuming her and

shifting.

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

heart thundering.

shaking with anger,

dad, and I feel a little

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

isn’t going to do any

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

and they are armed with the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

two hundred out front.”

get

back is ready… and

to me, I will handle those.” Dante

stepping forward, her power c**ckling

nod, as Alejandro walks

as Dad and Rayhan step

exactly

giving them a nod as

blaze as we all

who stays with me, and even when the rest

me, he doesn’t.

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when