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 move

prepare.

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

once more. I needed to check this….

a moment?” I ask, turning to

hurrying over and

apartment.

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

them with ease. I

that were pretty damaged.

have all these

might

something.” She

don’t reply. I can’t get overly confident until I

about half an hour later and we are in

remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

I needed to know what we

a lot of times and I plan

as

the longer they suffer in Judah’s

onto something… but f**k, knowing they are out there is

to her is rising as I keep on making

in front of

is…” She trails off, as she leans

page I have up on the

you are…

messy scrawl

I say, pointing to the ones

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

Shadow it gave

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

has it?”

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

been

as she reads the

language long forgotten… and although there are still parts of

too damaged to read, or

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans the

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

sitting back

the page, as I stare at the image depicting

with smoke and

from a

we had all tried to find out what we

host to survive and to

in the identity

Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

cannot be killed unless

taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure iron coated

Nightshade,

and Harpagophytum into their necks.” She turns to me. “Do

is what he

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

you… how did you

I say quietly,

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered,

Wraiths feed

dawning

high levels of energy wanting to either simply linger by these

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

he wants Azura…”

“Can you get

will we find his

about that… “Leave that to me… Can you

at her

nods and I hold out

now near the caverns. I

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling faintly at me. I

sense of smell

glance back at Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla. She had

and I’m not sure which one

had been injured in the explosions,

her to sort

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

Dad won’t listen.”

a g***amn child.” Skyla

Now get the f**k out of

and you can’t stop me. At my age,

eyes blazing a

home.” Alejandro snarls

not just going to sit by whilst Azura is out

She growls.

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

time for this. You causing a scene is delaying

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

consuming her and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

and Skyla clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

her voice shaking with anger, before she casts one

at her dad, and I feel a

all,

isn’t going to do any

a mile from

bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

hundred out front.” Jin

we go get

is ready… and I have everything I

to me, I will handle those.” Dante

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

Alejandro walks over to

we ready?” He asks, as Dad

where exactly we are going to attack

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

blaze as we all run

who stays with me,

me, he doesn’t.

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when