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

prepare.

and move out. There’s something I need

I needed to check this….

I ask, turning

up and nods before hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

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

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

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all

when we might need some information

onto something.” She

reply. I can’t get overly confident until I am

half

untouched.

me I needed to know what we are up against to

times and I plan to

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

the longer they suffer

but f**k, knowing they are

me. Fear of what may happen to her is rising

papers in front of me are

She trails off,

reply, looking back at the page I have

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and I

say, pointing to the ones

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me enough to work with.

if it would work if I took it as the

has it?” She

I say, pushing the final sheet, which now

been

frowning as she reads the

was a language long forgotten… and although there

damaged to read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans the page.

of the wraith family… What on earth… they

sure?” I ask, sitting back and

as I stare at the image

with smoke and shadows

picture was so far from a human, we hadn’t paid it any

had all tried to find out what we were dealing

to survive

in the identity of their hosts.

Wraiths

be

driving a weapon

Nightshade,

their necks.” She

what

I say, standing up. I have a sword which is fully

you even figure

late, though.” I say

is discovered, it can

limited. Wraiths feed

says realisation dawning on her.

wanting to either simply

on the wraith’s intentions they will devour these beings…

he wants Azura…”

“Can

away, but… how will we

“Leave that to me… Can you call

looking at her

nods and I hold out my

now near the caverns. I had made one

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says,

sense of smell is obviously

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

not sure which one is

who had been injured in the explosions, but I think

her to

Dante. He glances back at

listen.” He

not a g***amn

get the f**k

my age, you did a lot more than

eyes blazing

isn’t up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one

Azura is out there! You are so d**n

She growls.

had an

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

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

her and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

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

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking with anger, before

I feel

understand Alejandro’s concern. After all, she is his

to do any of them

the caverns is half a mile from here.” I

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

men?”

two hundred out front.”

about we go get

my back is ready… and I

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

stepping forward, her

nod, as Alejandro walks over to

He asks, as

told them where exactly we are going

I say, giving them a nod as the Five step up behind me,

we

stays with me, and even when

me, he doesn’t.

reach the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I catch