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…

turn back to the table, “We prepare to move

prepare.

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

more. I needed to check this….

for a moment?” I ask,

before hurrying

apartment.

may be gone in the fire, but I

through them with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

why these idiots didn’t have

we might need some information from

onto something.”

don’t reply. I can’t get overly

about half an hour later and we

untouched.

what we are

I plan to finish this once

rising as time slips by. I needed

longer I’m here, the longer they suffer

f**k, knowing they are out there

of what may happen to her is rising as I keep

front of me are full

trails off,

page I

you are…

messy scrawl

to the ones at the top. “Can work to

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

Shadow it gave

if I took it as the key

has it?”

f**king has.” I say, pushing the

I had been working on, towards

as she reads the

and although there are

that are too damaged to read,

sense overall.

as she scans the

are subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth… they

sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking

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

with smoke and shadows surrounding

was so far from a

find out

host to survive and to gain

in them disguising themselves in the identity of their

strength, Shadow Wraiths

present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless

and taken, upon driving a weapon made of

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns to

is what he

standing up. I have a sword

how did you even figure that

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

name is discovered, it can be called

its help is very limited. Wraiths feed on high

dawning on her. “Wraiths

high levels of energy wanting to either simply linger

they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

“Can you get

we find his real name?”

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

at her

nods and I hold out

an hour later, and I am now near the caverns. I had made one

before getting here.

were right. Her scent lingers.” Dante says,

smell is obviously

I glance back at Alejandro who is arguing

I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had stayed at

been injured in the explosions, but I think right

needed her to sort

ask Dante.

listen.” He

a g***amn child.”

are. Now get the f**k

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

back, her eyes blazing a reddish

Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to

whilst Azura is out there! You are so

She growls.

is, since he only had an

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

home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him,

and she’s

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at

heart thundering.

voice shaking with anger, before

I feel a little bad for

all, she is his daughter… but

isn’t going to do any

a mile from

are armed with the bullets we created. Do we know

men?”

least two hundred

we go get this

back is ready… and I have

me, I will

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

as Alejandro walks over to

asks, as Dad and Rayhan

them where exactly we

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

we all

only one who stays with me,

he

the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I