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 move out. I’ll fill everyone in

prepare.

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

I

come with me for a moment?” I

and nods before hurrying over

apartment.

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

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

that were pretty damaged.

have all these books duplicated and

knows when we might need

onto something.”

get overly confident until

Leo?” Delsanra asks. It’s about half an

that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone ahead,

told me I needed to know what we are

and I plan

is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by.

I’m here, the longer they suffer in Judah’s

onto something… but f**k, knowing they are out there

happen to her is rising as

of me are full of

is…” She trails off,

page I have up on the screen. So

you are…

read my messy scrawl and I

symbols.” I say, pointing to the ones at

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

by translating that word as Shadow it gave me enough

work if I took it as the

has it?”

say, pushing the final sheet, which now contains

that I had been working on,

down, frowning as she

forgotten… and although there are still parts

damaged to read, or simply not fully readable, it

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she

wraith family… What on earth… they

ask, sitting

page, as I stare at

and shadows surrounding

from a human, we hadn’t paid

find out what we were

host to survive and to gain a

in them disguising themselves in the identity

speed and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless

driving a weapon made of pure iron coated

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns to me. “Do

what he

think so…” I say, standing up. I have

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

late, though.” I say

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can

limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of

realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths

levels of energy wanting to either simply linger by these beings

they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get

we find his real name?”

idea about that… “Leave

at

nods and I

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

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling faintly at me. I

his sense of smell is obviously far

at Alejandro who is arguing with

ago, and I’m not sure which one is

who had been injured in the explosions, but I

needed her to

I ask Dante. He glances back at

listen.” He says

a g***amn child.”

f**king are. Now get the f**k

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

eyes

her home.” Alejandro snarls to one

not just going to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are so

She growls.

had an issue with his daughter being

have time for this. You causing a scene is delaying things

command rolls off him, and I

rage and anger consuming her and she’s

shifting.

away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

voice shaking with

her dad, and I feel

all, she is his daughter… but

isn’t going to do

entrance to the caverns is half a mile from here.”

with the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

least two hundred

how about we go get this d**n wraith.” Jax

sword on my back is ready… and I have everything

will handle those.” Dante says,

forward,

nod, as Alejandro walks

ready?” He asks, as Dad and

already told them where exactly we are going to attack

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

as we

is the only one who stays with me, and even when the

me, he doesn’t.

and my heart