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…

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

prepare.

and move out. There’s something I need to check.

turning away once more. I

for a moment?” I ask,

nods before hurrying over and we head

apartment.

gone in the fire, but I

computer to look through them with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

have all these books duplicated and

might need some

onto something.” She

I can’t get overly confident until I

about half an hour later and

untouched. Everyone

to know what we are

times and I plan

as time slips by. I needed to

longer I’m here, the longer they suffer in

f**k, knowing they are

me. Fear of what may happen to her

in front of me

She trails off, as she leans

at the page I have up on the screen. So

you are…

my messy

symbols.” I say, pointing to the ones at

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me enough to

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

it?”

has.” I say, pushing the final

been

frowning as

was a language long forgotten… and although there are still

damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

heart thunders as she scans

the wraith family… What on

ask, sitting back and looking up at

as I stare at

with smoke and shadows surrounding

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

to find

Wraiths take a host to survive

them disguising themselves in the identity of their hosts.

Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

cannot be killed unless their

a weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns

is what he

I say, standing up. I have

did you even figure

late, though.” I say quietly,

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

limited. Wraiths feed on high

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her.

wanting to either

on the wraith’s intentions they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get those

Right away, but… how will we

I had an idea about that… “Leave that to

looking at her

nods and I

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

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says,

of smell is

glance back at Alejandro who is arguing

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

injured

her to sort

interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances back at them

listen.” He

g***amn

get the

can’t stop me. At my age, you did a lot more

her eyes blazing a reddish

up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of his

not just going to sit by whilst Azura is

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an issue

time for this. You

rolls off

and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

turns away from her and Skyla clenches her

heart thundering.

voice shaking with

and I feel a little bad

all, she

to do any of them any

to the caverns is half a mile

are armed with the bullets we

men?”

least two hundred out front.” Jin

how about we go get this

on my back is ready… and

to me, I will handle those.” Dante

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power

Alejandro walks

as Dad and Rayhan step

already told them where exactly we are going to attack

giving them a nod as the Five

blaze as we all run

one who stays with me, and even when the

me, he doesn’t.

the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I