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…

“We prepare to move

prepare.

move out. There’s something I need to

away once more. I needed

a moment?” I ask,

looks up and nods before hurrying over and

apartment.

in the fire, but

to look through them with ease. I had

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books

when we might

something.”

can’t get overly confident until I am

Leo?” Delsanra asks. It’s about half

untouched.

what we

lot of times and I plan to finish

the pressure rising as time slips by. I needed to find

the longer they suffer

but f**k, knowing they are out there

her is rising as

front of me are full of

is…” She trails off,

the page I have up

you are…

messy

the ones

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it gave me enough

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

it?”

f**king has.” I say, pushing the

had been working

frowning as she reads

a language long forgotten… and although there are still

too damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

heart thunders as

wraith family… What on earth…

sitting back and looking up

looks back at the page, as I stare at the image depicting a

and shadows surrounding

from a human, we

tried to find out what we were dealing

survive and

themselves in the identity

speed and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

be killed unless their

taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure

Nightshade,

their necks.” She

what

so…” I say, standing up. I have a sword which

you… how did you even figure

I say quietly, entering my weapon

Wraith’s name is discovered,

feed on high levels of

says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths sense

high levels of energy wanting to

wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you get

will we find his

“Leave that

looking at

nods and I hold out

hour later, and I am now near the

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says,

smell

glance back at Alejandro who

I’m not sure which one is angrier.

had been injured in the explosions, but I

her to sort their

to interfere?” I ask Dante. He

won’t listen.” He

not a g***amn

get the f**k

stop me. At my age, you did a lot more than this.”

her eyes blazing a

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

Azura is out there! You are

She growls.

is, since he only had an issue

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

home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off

her and she’s

shifting.

turns away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking with

at her dad, and I feel a

all, she is his daughter… but

to do any of them

the caverns is half a

and they are armed with the bullets we created. Do

men?”

least two hundred

about we go get this

sword on my back is ready… and

will handle those.” Dante says, frowning

says, stepping forward, her

Alejandro

He asks, as Dad

them where exactly we are

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

as we all run

with me, and even when

me, he

reach the caverns pretty fast and my heart