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 move out. I’ll fill

prepare.

There’s something I

turning away once more. I needed

a moment?” I

looks up and nods before hurrying over

apartment.

fire, but I had scanned pretty much most of

through them with ease. I had also tried to

that were pretty damaged.

sure why these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated and

might need some information

onto something.”

can’t get overly confident until I am

It’s about half an hour later and we are in

that remains untouched. Everyone else has

know what

a lot of times and I plan to finish this

as

longer I’m here, the longer they

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

me. Fear of what may happen to her is rising as

front of me are full of my

She trails off,

at the page I have up on the screen.

you are…

read my messy scrawl

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

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before

“Shadows?” She asks.

as Shadow it gave me enough

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

has it?” She

f**king has.” I say, pushing the

been working on,

leans down, frowning as she reads

long forgotten… and although

too damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

heart thunders as she scans the

wraith family… What on earth… they

ask, sitting back and looking up at

back at the page, as I stare

smoke and shadows surrounding

a

we had all tried to find out what

a host to survive and

in the identity of their hosts.

Shadow Wraiths

present. Wraiths cannot be

a weapon made of pure iron coated

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns to me.

what

think so…” I say, standing up. I

you… how did you even figure that out?” She

little f**king late, though.” I

Wraith’s name is discovered, it can

is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels

Delsanra says realisation dawning on

energy wanting to either

they will devour

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you

but… how will we

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

looking at

nods and I

near the caverns. I had made

before getting here.

right. Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at

smell is obviously

as I glance back at Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla.

which one is angrier.

heal those who had been injured in the explosions,

to sort their

Dante. He glances back at them and

listen.” He

g***amn

Now get the f**k

can’t stop me. At my age, you did a

eyes blazing a

for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to

Azura is out there! You are

She growls.

had an issue with his

I don’t have time for this. You causing a

command rolls off him, and

rage and anger consuming her and she’s trying to

shifting.

clenches her

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking with

and I feel a

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

going to do any of them any

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

with the bullets

men?”

hundred

get

ready… and

me, I will handle those.” Dante says,

says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

Alejandro walks

as

them where exactly we are going to attack

them a nod as the Five step

we all

stays with me, and even

he

and my heart thunders