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

prepare.

I need to

turning away once more. I needed to check this…. “Delsanra,

for a moment?” I ask, turning to the white- haired

looks up and nods before hurrying over and we

apartment.

gone in the fire, but I

them with ease. I had also tried to restore

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated and

might need

onto something.”

can’t get overly confident until

Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour later and we

remains untouched. Everyone else has

what we are up against to

lot of times and I plan

mind is spinning, the pressure rising as time

longer they suffer in

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

her

papers in front of me are full of my

trails off, as

at the page I have up on the screen. So

you are…

my messy scrawl and I

ones at

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me enough

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

it?”

has.” I say, pushing the final

that I had been working

frowning as

language long forgotten… and although there are

are too damaged to read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the

are subspecies of the wraith family…

ask, sitting back and

I stare at the image depicting

with smoke and shadows

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

we had all tried to find out what

host to survive and to gain

in the identity of their hosts.

Wraiths are even

be

and taken, upon driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

Harpagophytum into their necks.” She

what he

standing up. I have a sword

you… how did you even figure

I say quietly, entering

the Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can

is very limited. Wraiths feed on high

Delsanra says realisation dawning

wanting to either simply linger by these

will devour these beings…

he wants Azura…”

“Can you get those

Right away, but… how will we

about that… “Leave that to

looking at

nods and I

near the caverns. I had made one

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly

it, but his sense of smell is obviously far

Alejandro who is

and I’m not sure which one

who had been injured in the explosions, but

to sort

interfere?” I ask Dante. He

Dad won’t listen.” He says

a g***amn child.” Skyla

are. Now get the f**k

you can’t stop me. At my age, you did a lot more than this.”

back, her eyes

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

whilst Azura is out there! You

She growls.

since he only had an issue with

for this. You causing a scene

home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off

consuming her and she’s trying to stop herself

shifting.

turns away from her and Skyla clenches her

heart thundering.

her voice shaking with anger,

I feel a little bad for

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

do any

caverns is half a mile from here.” I say,

with the bullets

men?”

hundred out

about we go get

back is ready… and I have

me, I will handle those.” Dante

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power

nod, as Alejandro

ready?” He asks, as

them where exactly

giving them a nod

we all

me, and even when the rest

he doesn’t.

the caverns pretty fast and my