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…

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

prepare.

something I

I needed to check

come with me for a moment?” I ask, turning to

before hurrying over and we

apartment.

be gone in the fire, but

them with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

have all these books duplicated

we might

onto something.”

get overly confident until I

is it, Leo?” Delsanra asks. It’s about half

remains untouched. Everyone else has

what

us a lot of times and I

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

longer I’m here, the longer they suffer in

something… but f**k, knowing they

her is rising as I keep on

of me are full

off, as

reply, looking back at the page I have up

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl

pointing to the ones at the top.

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

by translating that word as Shadow it gave me enough to

to check if it 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,

as she reads

forgotten… and although there are still

damaged to read,

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the

the wraith family… What

you sure?” I ask, sitting

I stare at the

with smoke and shadows surrounding

picture was so far from a human,

to find

take a host to survive and

themselves in the

Wraiths are even stronger

present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true names

taken, upon driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

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

what he

up. I have a sword which is

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

f**king late, though.” I

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

is very limited. Wraiths feed

Delsanra says realisation dawning on

to

intentions they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you

away, but… how will we find his

that… “Leave that to

looking at

and I

now near the caverns. I had

before getting here.

scent lingers.” Dante

it, but his sense of smell is obviously far better

back at Alejandro

sure which

injured in the explosions, but I think right

needed her to sort their sh*t

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

listen.” He says

a g***amn child.”

get the f**k

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

eyes

Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of

to sit by whilst Azura is out there!

She growls.

had an issue with his daughter

have time for this. You causing a scene is delaying things

Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I see

and anger consuming her and

shifting.

and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking

her dad, and I feel a

concern. After all, she is his daughter…

isn’t going to do any

a mile from here.” I say, “He will

bullets we created. Do we

men?”

two hundred out front.” Jin

about we go get

back is ready…

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

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

nod, as Alejandro

ready?” He asks, as Dad

exactly we are going to

this.” I say, giving them a nod as the Five step

we all run

one who stays with me, and even when the rest shift

me, he doesn’t.

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when