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.

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

away once more. I

I ask, turning to

before hurrying over and we

apartment.

may be gone in the fire, but I had

ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these

might

onto something.” She

I can’t get overly confident until I

Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour later

untouched. Everyone else has

me I needed to know what we are

us a lot of times and I plan to

pressure rising as time slips by. I

here, the longer

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

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

in front of me are full of

She trails off,

at the page I have up

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and I sit

symbols.” I say, pointing to the ones at

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it gave

if I took it as the key to cr**k

has it?”

say, pushing the final sheet, which now contains

been working

frowning as she

a language long forgotten… and although there are still

read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

thunders as she

subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth… they

sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking up at

page, as I stare at the

with smoke and shadows

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

tried to find out what we were dealing

a host to survive and

in them disguising themselves in the identity of their

strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true names

a weapon made of

Nightshade,

Harpagophytum into their necks.” She turns

is what he

I say, standing up. I have a sword

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

I say

the Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it

its help is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies

dawning on her. “Wraiths sense

wanting to

intentions they will devour these beings… This is

he wants Azura…”

“Can you get

we find his real name?”

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

looking at her

and I hold out my

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

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling

it, but his sense of smell is obviously far better

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

sure which one is angrier. Kiara

injured in the explosions, but I

to sort

to interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances

Dad won’t listen.” He says

a g***amn child.” Skyla

are. Now get the f**k out of here.”

stop me. At my age, you did a lot

back, her eyes blazing a reddish

home.” Alejandro snarls

sit by whilst Azura is out there! You

She growls.

since he only had an issue with his daughter

for this. You causing a scene is delaying

command rolls off him, and I see Skyla’s

her and she’s trying

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

voice shaking with anger, before

her dad, and I

all, she is his daughter…

isn’t going to do any of them any

a mile from

the bullets we

men?”

two hundred out

we go get this d**n

on my back is ready…

will handle those.” Dante says,

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward,

nod, as Alejandro walks over to

as Dad and

had already told them where exactly we are going to attack

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

as we

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

he doesn’t.

pretty fast and my heart