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 out. I’ll fill everyone in

prepare.

There’s something I need to check. I

away once more. I

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

hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

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

to look through them with ease. I had

that were pretty damaged.

sure why these idiots didn’t have all these

when we might need some information

something.” She

reply. I can’t get overly confident until

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

that remains untouched. Everyone else has

what we are up

I plan to

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

longer they suffer

f**k, knowing they are out there

Fear of what may happen to her is rising as I keep on making

the papers in front of me are

She trails off, as she

at the page I have up on the screen.

you are…

read my messy

the ones at the top. “Can work to decode

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me enough to work

work if I took it as the

it?” She

say, pushing the final sheet, which now

I had been

down, frowning as

a language long forgotten… and although

that are too damaged to read, or simply not fully readable,

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans the page.

are subspecies of the wraith family…

sitting back

at the page, as I stare at the image depicting a

with smoke and shadows

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

had all tried to find out what we were dealing

a host to survive and to

themselves in

Wraiths are even

be killed

weapon

Nightshade,

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

is what he

up. I have a sword which

how… did you… how did you even figure

f**king late, though.” I

is discovered,

its help is very limited. Wraiths feed on high

dawning on

of energy wanting to

wraith’s intentions they will devour these beings… This is

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you

but… how will we find his real name?” She

about that… “Leave that to me…

at

nods and I hold out

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

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling faintly at me.

smell

glance back at Alejandro who

long ago, and I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had

those who had been injured

to

going to interfere?” I ask Dante. He

listen.” He

g***amn child.” Skyla

Now get the f**k out of

me. At my age,

back, her eyes blazing

up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of

to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are so

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an issue with his daughter

this. You causing

Alejandro’s command rolls off

her and

shifting.

away from her and Skyla clenches her

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking

her dad, and I feel a little bad for

Alejandro’s concern. After all,

do any of them any

the caverns is half a mile from here.” I

bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

hundred

we go get this d**n

is ready…

I will

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling

Alejandro walks over

asks, as

had already told them where exactly we are

giving them a nod as the Five

as we

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

he doesn’t.

fast and