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…

the table, “We prepare to move out. I’ll

prepare.

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

once more. I needed to check this…. “Delsanra,

moment?” I ask, turning to

up and nods before hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

may be gone in the fire, but I had

to look through them with ease. I had

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all these books duplicated

knows when we might need some

something.”

I can’t get overly

half an hour later and we

place that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone ahead,

me I needed to know what we are

times and I plan to finish this once and

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

here, the longer they suffer in

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

of what may happen to her is rising

papers in front of me

trails off, as

looking back at the page I have up on the

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and

say, pointing to the ones at the top.

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before

“Shadows?” She asks.

translating that word as Shadow it gave

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

it?” She

has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now

I had been

as she reads the

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

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

sense overall.

as she

wraith family…

ask, sitting back and looking up

the page, as I

and shadows surrounding

a human, we hadn’t paid it

we had all tried to find out what

a host to survive and to gain a solid physical

in the identity of

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

cannot be killed unless

weapon made of

Nightshade,

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

is what he

say, standing up. I

did you… how did you even

I say quietly, entering my

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

help is very limited. Wraiths feed

realisation dawning

wanting to either simply linger

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

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can

Right away, but… how will we

had an idea about that… “Leave

at

and I hold out

later, and I am now near the caverns. I had made one last

before getting here.

scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling

of smell is obviously

as I glance back at Alejandro

sure which one

been injured in the explosions, but I think

her to sort

ask Dante.

listen.” He says

g***amn

Now get the f**k

age, you did a lot more

eyes blazing

debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one

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

She growls.

he only had an issue with his daughter being

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

command rolls off him,

her and she’s trying

shifting.

turns away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she

heart thundering.

voice shaking

her dad, and I feel a little bad

concern. After all, she is his daughter… but

do

a mile from

armed with the bullets

men?”

two hundred

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

ready… and I

I will handle

stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

as Alejandro walks over to

we ready?” He asks, as

where exactly we are going

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

blaze as we all

stays with me, and even when the rest shift

he

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I catch