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…

turn back to the table, “We prepare to move out.

prepare.

move out. There’s something I need to

once more. I needed to check this….

me for a moment?” I ask, turning to the white- haired

before hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

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

to look through them with ease.

that were pretty damaged.

why these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated

knows when we might need some information from

something.”

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

about half an hour later and we are

place that remains untouched.

needed to know what

and I plan to finish this

mind is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by. I

longer they suffer in

something… but f**k,

her is rising as I keep on

papers in front of me are

trails off,

reply, looking back at the page I have up on the screen. So

you are…

my messy

say, pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work to decode

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

translating that word as Shadow it gave me enough to

check if it would work if I took

has it?” She

pushing the final sheet, which now

I had been working on,

as she

forgotten… and

read, or simply not fully readable, it

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans

the wraith family… What on earth… they

you sure?” I ask, sitting back and

I stare at the image depicting

with smoke and shadows

from a human, we hadn’t paid

to find

survive and to gain

themselves in the identity of

and strength, Shadow Wraiths

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their

weapon made of pure

Nightshade,

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

what

I say, standing up. I

did you… how did you

though.” I say quietly, entering my

discovered, it can be

is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies to

says realisation dawning on

wanting to either simply linger by these beings

they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you

we find his real

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

at her

and I hold out

an hour later, and I am now near the caverns.

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling faintly at me.

sense of smell is obviously far

as I glance back at Alejandro who is

not sure which one

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

to sort

I ask Dante. He glances back at

Dad won’t listen.” He says

not a g***amn

get the f**k out

stop me. At my age,

eyes

isn’t up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of his

whilst Azura is out

She growls.

he only had an issue with his daughter being

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

hell home.” Alejandro’s command rolls

rage and anger consuming her and she’s trying

shifting.

turns away from her and Skyla clenches

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking with

at her dad, and I feel a little bad

all, she is his daughter…

to do any

a mile

bullets we created. Do

men?”

two hundred

get

my back is ready… and I

to me, I will

says, stepping forward, her power

nod, as Alejandro walks over to

ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan step

exactly we

nod as the Five

as we

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

me, he

pretty fast and my