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…

prepare to move

prepare.

out. There’s something I

more. I needed to check

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

up and nods before hurrying over and we

apartment.

book may 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

when we might need some information

onto something.”

reply. I can’t get overly confident

It’s about half

place that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

to know what

a lot of times and I plan to

pressure rising as time slips by. I needed to find

I’m here, the longer they suffer in

f**k, knowing they are out there

may happen to her is rising as I keep on making

in front of me are

is…” She trails off,

looking back at the page I have up on

you are…

my messy scrawl and I

pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work to decode

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it

check if it would work if I took it as

it?” She

I say, pushing the final sheet, which now contains

I had been working on,

leans down, frowning as

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

to read,

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the page.

subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth…

ask, sitting back and looking

back at the page, as I stare

smoke and shadows surrounding

picture was so far from a human, we

had all tried to find

to survive and to gain a solid physical

in them disguising themselves in the identity of their hosts.

strength, Shadow Wraiths are even

cannot be killed

a weapon

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns to

is what he

I have a sword

how did you even

little f**king late, though.” I say quietly, entering my

Wraith’s name is discovered, it can

very limited. Wraiths feed on

says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths

to either simply linger by these beings

the wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

“Can you get those

away, but… how will we find

frown, I had an idea about that… “Leave that to me… Can you call

at

and I hold out my

hour later, and I am now near the

before getting here.

scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at

of smell is obviously far better than

glance back at Alejandro who is arguing

and I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara

to heal those who had been injured in the explosions,

to

to interfere?” I ask Dante. He

listen.” He

g***amn child.” Skyla

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

age, you did a lot

back, her eyes blazing a

up for debate. Take her home.”

by whilst Azura is out

She growls.

only had an issue with his daughter

You causing

home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off

and

shifting.

and Skyla clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

her voice shaking with anger, before

I feel a little bad

Alejandro’s concern. After all,

isn’t going to do any of them any

to the caverns is half a mile from here.” I say, “He

they are armed with the bullets we

men?”

two hundred out

get this

is ready… and I have everything I

the bullets to me, I will handle those.”

stepping forward, her power

as Alejandro walks

as Dad and

had already told them where exactly we are going to attack

I say, giving them a nod as the Five

blaze as we all

stays with me, and even

he doesn’t.

pretty fast and my