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

I

nods before hurrying over and we head

apartment.

in the fire, but I had scanned pretty much most of it

computer to look through them with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have

might

onto something.” She

can’t get overly confident until I

Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour later and

that remains untouched. Everyone

me I needed to know what we

us a lot of times and I plan to finish

is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by.

the longer they suffer in

know I’m onto something… but f**k, knowing they are out there is

to her is rising as

in front of

is…” She trails off, as she

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

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and I sit

say, pointing to the ones

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

as Shadow it gave me

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

it?” She

has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now contains

had been working on,

leans down, frowning as

and although there are still

are too damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

as she

subspecies of the wraith family…

I ask, sitting back and

page, as I stare at the image

smoke and

far from a human,

we had all tried to find out

take a host to survive and to gain a

in them disguising themselves in the identity

Shadow Wraiths are

present. Wraiths cannot be killed

and taken, upon driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She

what

think so…” I say, standing up. I have a

you… how did you even figure that out?” She

though.” I say quietly,

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

very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies to

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her.

levels of energy wanting to either simply linger

on the wraith’s intentions they will

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get

we find his real name?”

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

looking at

and I hold

near the caverns. I had made one

before getting here.

Her scent lingers.” Dante says,

his sense of smell is

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

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

been injured in the

needed her to sort their sh*t

Dante. He glances back at them

won’t listen.” He says

g***amn child.”

are. Now get the f**k out of

and you can’t stop me. At my age,

her eyes blazing a

home.” Alejandro snarls to one of

whilst Azura is out there! You are

She growls.

only had an issue with

for this. You causing a

home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I see Skyla’s

anger consuming her and she’s trying

shifting.

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

heart thundering.

her.” She says, her voice shaking

dad, and I

After all, she is

isn’t going to do any of them any

to the caverns is half a mile from here.”

the bullets we created. Do we know

men?”

two hundred out front.” Jin

about we go get this d**n wraith.” Jax

ready… and I have everything

bullets to me, I will handle those.”

says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

as Alejandro walks over to

ready?” He asks, as

exactly we are going to attack

say, giving them a nod as the Five step

as we all

is the only one who stays with me, and even when the

me, he

reach the caverns pretty fast and