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

prepare.

I need to check. I will

more. I

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

nods before hurrying over and we

apartment.

but I had scanned pretty much most of

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

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all these books

we might need some information from

something.” She

can’t get overly confident until I

half an hour later and we are in

A place that remains untouched. Everyone else

what we are up against to

us a lot of times and I plan to finish this once

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

longer I’m here, the longer they suffer in

something… but f**k, knowing they are out there

happen to her is

papers in front of me are full

off, as she

don’t reply, looking back at the page I have up

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and I sit

symbols.” I say, pointing to the ones at the top.

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

Shadow it gave me enough to

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

has it?” She

I say, pushing the final sheet, which

been working on, towards

down, frowning as

forgotten… and

that are too damaged to read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

thunders as she scans the page.

subspecies of the wraith family… What on

ask, sitting back and looking up at

as I

smoke and

picture was so far from a human, we hadn’t

to find

survive and to gain a solid physical

in them disguising themselves in the identity

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even

present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless

a weapon made

Nightshade,

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

is what he

standing up. I have

you even

though.” I say quietly,

discovered, it can

feed on high levels of

dawning

high levels of energy wanting to

the wraith’s intentions they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can

but… how will we find his real name?” She

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

at

nods and I hold

I am now near

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at

of smell is obviously far

nod as I glance back at Alejandro who

not sure which

been injured

her to sort their sh*t

Dante. He glances back at

Dad won’t listen.”

g***amn child.”

Now get the f**k

age, you did a lot more

eyes blazing a

her home.” Alejandro snarls

by whilst Azura is out there!

She growls.

is, since he only had an issue with his daughter

for this. You causing a scene is delaying

the hell home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and

anger consuming her and

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at

heart thundering.

shaking

dad, and I feel a little bad

understand Alejandro’s concern. After all, she is his daughter…

isn’t going to do any of them

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

armed with the bullets we created. Do

men?”

two hundred out front.” Jin

we go get this

ready… and I

bullets to me, I will handle those.” Dante says,

Raihana says, stepping forward, her power

Alejandro

as Dad and

told them where exactly we are going to

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

as we

only one who stays with me,

me, he

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders