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…

prepare to move

prepare.

I need to check. I will catch

once more. I needed to check

a moment?” I ask, turning to the white-

hurrying over and

apartment.

be gone in the fire, but I had

them with ease. I had also tried to restore

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all

we might need

onto something.”

get overly confident until I am

Delsanra asks. It’s about half

that remains untouched. Everyone else has

to know what

lot of times and I plan to

pressure rising as time slips by.

here, the longer they suffer

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

happen to her is

front of

She trails off, as she leans

the page I have

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and I

the ones at the top.

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

by translating that word as Shadow it gave me enough

work if I took it as the key to

it?”

I say, pushing the final sheet, which

been working on, towards

as she reads

and although there are still parts

too damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she

are subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth… they don’t

you sure?” I ask, sitting back

page, as I stare at the

smoke and shadows

was so far from a human,

all tried to find out what

host to survive and to gain a solid

disguising themselves in the identity of

Wraiths are

Wraiths cannot be

and taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

and Harpagophytum into their necks.” She

what he

say, standing up. I have

how did you even figure that out?” She

I

is discovered, it can

its help is very limited. Wraiths feed on

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her.

wanting to

wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can

Right away, but… how will we find his

had an idea about that… “Leave that to

at

nods and I hold

I am now near the

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling faintly at me.

but his sense of smell is obviously far better

glance back at Alejandro who

long ago, and I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had stayed at

who had been injured

to

I ask Dante. He glances back at them and

Dad won’t listen.”

g***amn child.”

Now get the

stop me. At my age,

back, her eyes blazing a

for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls

sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are so d**n

She growls.

had an issue

for this. You causing a

Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I see

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

shifting.

clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

her.” She says, her voice shaking with anger, before she

I feel a little bad for

all, she is

to do any of them any

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

the bullets we created.

men?”

least two hundred out front.”

about we go get this d**n

sword on my back is ready… and I have everything I

will handle those.” Dante says,

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

Alejandro walks

He asks, as

where exactly we are going to attack

this.” I say, giving them a nod as the Five step up behind me, and

as we

with me,

he

reach the caverns pretty fast and my