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 fill everyone in

prepare.

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

more. I needed to check

I ask, turning to the white-

before hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

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

to look through them with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated and

might need some information

something.”

can’t get overly confident

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

A place that remains untouched. Everyone else

needed to know what we are

of times and I plan to finish this once and for

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

here, the longer they suffer in

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

me. Fear of what may happen to her is rising as I keep

front of me are full of

trails off, as she leans

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

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and I

symbols.” I say, pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work to decode

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

translating that word as Shadow it gave me

if I took it as the key

has it?”

I say, pushing the

had been working

leans down, frowning as she reads

language long forgotten… and although there are still parts of

too damaged to read, or simply not fully readable, it

sense overall.

heart thunders as

wraith family… What on earth…

I ask, sitting back and looking

looks back at the page, as I stare at

and

so far from a

we had all tried to find out what

take a host to survive and to

in them disguising themselves in the identity

speed and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

cannot be

weapon made of pure iron coated

Nightshade,

and Harpagophytum into their necks.” She turns

is what

so…” I say, standing up. I

you… how did you even figure that out?”

little f**king late, though.” I say quietly, entering

discovered, it can

very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of

says realisation dawning

wanting to either simply

intentions they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get those

how will we

had an idea about that… “Leave that

looking at her

nods and I hold out

an hour later, and I am now near the

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at

his sense of smell is obviously far better than

back at Alejandro who is arguing

not long ago, and I’m not sure which

heal those who had been injured in the explosions, but

to sort

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

listen.”

not a g***amn child.”

Now get the

At my age, you did a

her eyes blazing a reddish

isn’t up for debate. Take her home.”

by whilst Azura is out there! You are

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an issue with his

You causing a scene is delaying things

rolls off him, and I see Skyla’s

and anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she

heart thundering.

shaking

and I feel a little bad for

concern. After all, she

do any of them

is half a mile from here.” I say, “He will

armed with the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

two hundred out

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

is ready… and I have everything

will handle those.” Dante says, frowning

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward,

nod, as Alejandro walks over to

we ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan

exactly we are going to attack

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

as we all run

only one who stays with me, and even when

me, he

fast and my heart thunders when I