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 fill everyone

prepare.

I need to check. I will catch up.”

turning away once more. I needed

for a moment?” I ask, turning

looks up and nods before hurrying over and we head

apartment.

fire, but

to look through them with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated and

knows when we might need some information

something.”

get overly

about half an hour later and we are

place that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

needed to know what we are

of times and I plan to finish this once

as time

here, the longer they suffer in

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

of what may happen to her is rising as I keep on making

in front of me

off, as

looking back at the page I have up on the screen. So that’s

you are…

messy scrawl and I sit

ones at the top. “Can

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before

“Shadows?” She asks.

word as Shadow it

if I took

it?” She

pushing the final sheet, which now

I had been

frowning as

and although there are still parts

to read, or simply

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the

subspecies of the wraith family… What

you sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking up at

as I stare at

smoke and shadows surrounding

was so far from a human, we hadn’t

we had all tried to find out what we

host to survive and to gain a solid

them disguising themselves in the

Wraiths

Wraiths cannot be killed

upon driving a weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

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

is what he

up. I have a sword which

you even figure that

late, though.” I say quietly, entering my

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be

feed on high levels of energies

dawning on her. “Wraiths sense

of energy wanting to either

on the wraith’s intentions they will

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can

away, but… how will we find his

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

looking at her

and I hold out

near the caverns.

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says, smiling

of smell is obviously far

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

not long ago, and I’m not sure which one is angrier.

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

her to sort their

I ask Dante. He glances

Dad won’t listen.”

a g***amn

get the f**k out

At my age, you

back, her eyes blazing

her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of

to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You

She growls.

had an issue with his daughter being

for this. You causing a scene is delaying things

command rolls off him, and

anger consuming her and

shifting.

her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at me,

heart thundering.

shaking with anger, before she

at her dad, and I feel

Alejandro’s concern. After all,

going to do

to the caverns is half a

are armed with the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

two hundred out

go get this d**n wraith.”

sword on my back is ready…

will handle

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power

as Alejandro walks

ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan

had already told them where exactly we are

them a nod as the Five

we

the only one who stays with me,

he

fast and my heart