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…

table, “We prepare to

prepare.

out. There’s something I

away once more. I

I ask, turning to

looks up and nods before hurrying over

apartment.

gone in the fire, but I had scanned pretty much

ease. I

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books

we might

onto something.” She

reply. I can’t get overly

half an hour later and we

untouched. Everyone else

needed to know what we are up

of times and I plan to finish

is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by. I needed to find

longer

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

happen to her

in front of me are

She trails off, as she leans

looking back at the page I have up on the

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and

pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave

to check if it would work if I took it as the key to

it?” She

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

been working on, towards

as she

language long forgotten… and although there are still

are too damaged to read, or simply not

sense overall.

as she scans the

family…

sure?” I ask, sitting

I stare at the

and

from a human, we

find out what

survive and to gain

themselves in the identity

Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless

weapon made of pure iron coated

Nightshade,

She turns to me. “Do you

what he

up. I

did you even figure that

f**king late, though.” I say quietly,

Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be called on for

is very limited. Wraiths feed on

says realisation dawning on her.

to either

the wraith’s intentions they will

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you get

but… how will we find his real

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

looking at her

and I

and I am now near the caverns. I had made

before getting here.

Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at

but his sense of smell

Alejandro

which one is

injured in the explosions, but I

her to sort their

interfere?” I ask Dante.

won’t listen.”

not a g***amn child.”

are. Now get the

me. At my age, you did a

back, her eyes blazing a reddish

up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls

not just going to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You

She growls.

since he only had an issue with his daughter being

time for this. You causing a

Alejandro’s command rolls off him,

and

shifting.

turns away from her and Skyla clenches her

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking with anger, before she casts one

her dad, and I feel

concern. After all, she

to do

caverns is half a mile from here.”

with the bullets we created.

men?”

two hundred out

go get this d**n wraith.”

is ready… and

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

stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

Alejandro walks

ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan step

them where exactly we are going to attack

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

as we

only one who stays with me, and even when the

me, he

reach the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders