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 out. I’ll fill everyone in

prepare.

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

away once more. I needed to check this….

come with me for a moment?” I

and nods before hurrying over

apartment.

in the fire, but I had

to look through them with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all these books

knows when we might

something.” She

can’t get overly confident until I am

half an hour later and

remains untouched. Everyone

needed to know what we are

and I plan to finish this once

mind is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips

longer I’m here, the longer they suffer

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

to her is rising as I keep on

front of me

trails off, as she

looking back at the page I

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and I sit

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

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it gave me enough to work

if it would work if I

has it?”

it f**king has.” I say, pushing the

that I had been working on,

leans down, frowning as she reads

a language long forgotten… and although there are still parts of

are too damaged to read, or simply not fully readable,

sense overall.

heart thunders as she scans the page.

subspecies of the wraith family… What on

ask, sitting back and

the page, as I stare at the

with smoke and shadows

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

find out what we

survive and

them disguising themselves in the identity of

Wraiths are even stronger where

Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true names

a weapon made of pure

Nightshade,

their necks.” She

what he

standing up. I have a sword

you… how did you even figure that

late, though.” I say

the Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it

is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of

Delsanra says realisation dawning

of energy wanting to

intentions they will devour these beings… This is

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can

away, but… how will we find his real

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

looking at

and I hold out my

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

before getting here.

Dante says,

his sense of smell is obviously far

Alejandro

and I’m not sure which

who had been injured in

to

to interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances back

won’t listen.” He says

g***amn child.”

are. Now get the f**k out of here.” Alejandro

age,

eyes blazing a

up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls

just going to sit by whilst Azura is out

She growls.

is, since he only had an issue

for this. You causing a scene is delaying

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

and anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop herself

shifting.

her and Skyla clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking

and I feel

all, she is

do any

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

they are armed with the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

least two hundred out front.”

how about we go get this d**n wraith.”

back is ready… and

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

stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

as Alejandro walks over

as Dad

already told them where exactly we are going

a nod as the Five

as we

only one who stays with me, and even when

he

pretty fast and my heart thunders when