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

prepare.

There’s something I need to check.

away once more. I

come with me for a moment?” I

looks up and nods before hurrying

apartment.

may be gone in the fire, but I

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

that were pretty damaged.

idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated

we might need

onto something.” She

I can’t get overly confident until I

about half an hour

place that remains untouched. Everyone else

me I needed to know what we are

a lot of times and I plan to finish this once

rising as

longer I’m here, the longer they suffer

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

to her is rising

front of me are

off,

page I have up on the screen. So

you are…

read my messy scrawl and I sit

say, pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work to

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

translating that word as Shadow it gave me enough

if I took it as the key

has it?”

it f**king has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now

that I had been working

down, frowning as she reads the

was a language long forgotten… and although there are still parts of

too damaged to read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the

are subspecies of the wraith family… What on

you sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking

the page, as I stare at the image depicting

smoke and shadows surrounding

from a human, we hadn’t paid it any

tried to find out what we were dealing

host to survive and to gain

in them disguising themselves in the

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even

present. Wraiths cannot be

taken, upon driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns to me.

is what

standing up. I have a

how… did you… how did you

I say quietly, entering my weapon

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

Wraiths feed on high levels of

says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths

high levels of energy wanting to either simply linger by these beings

the wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get

we find his real

that… “Leave that to me… Can you call Janaina.”

looking at her

nods and I hold

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

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at me. I

of smell is obviously far better than

back at Alejandro

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

those who had been injured

her to sort their sh*t

I ask Dante. He glances back at them

won’t listen.”

not a g***amn child.” Skyla

are. Now get the f**k

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

back, her eyes blazing

home.” Alejandro snarls

to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are so d**n

She growls.

he only had an issue with his daughter being

I don’t have time for this. You causing

Alejandro’s command rolls off him,

rage and anger consuming her and she’s

shifting.

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

heart thundering.

her.” She says, her voice shaking with anger,

and I

concern. After all, she is his

do any of

is half a mile from here.” I say, “He

are armed with the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

two hundred out front.” Jin

go get this d**n

is ready… and I

will handle

Raihana says, stepping forward, her

as Alejandro walks over to

He asks, as Dad and Rayhan step

had already told them where exactly we are going to attack

giving them a nod as the Five

as we all

the only one who stays with me, and

he doesn’t.

the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when