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…

the table, “We prepare to move out. I’ll fill everyone in as

prepare.

and move out. There’s something I need to

I needed

with me for a moment?” I ask, turning to

nods before hurrying over and

apartment.

the fire, but I had scanned

ease. I had also tried to restore

that were pretty damaged.

have

might need

onto something.” She

get overly confident until I am

It’s about half an hour later and we are

remains untouched. Everyone else

what we are

I plan to finish this once and

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

longer I’m here, the longer they

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

what may happen to her is rising as I

of me are full of my

is…” She trails off, as she

I have up on the screen.

you are…

to read my messy

say, pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work to

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

translating that word as Shadow it gave me enough to

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

has it?” She

I say, pushing the

I had been working on,

down, frowning as

forgotten… and although there are still parts of

too damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

heart thunders as she scans the page.

are subspecies of the wraith family… What

sure?” I ask, sitting

as I stare at the image

with smoke and

was so far from a human, we

all tried to find out what we were

take a host to survive and to gain a solid

in the identity of

strength, Shadow Wraiths

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless

taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

She turns to

is what

so…” I say, standing up. I have

did you even figure that

late, though.” I

name is discovered, it can be

help is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths

energy wanting to either simply linger by these

the wraith’s intentions they will

he wants Azura…”

“Can

away, but… how will we find his real

an idea about that… “Leave that to me… Can

at

I

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

before getting here.

were right. Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling

it, but his sense of smell is obviously far better than

I glance back at Alejandro who is

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

been injured in the explosions, but I think right

her to sort their sh*t

ask Dante. He glances

listen.” He

a g***amn child.”

Now get the

me. At my age, you did a lot

back, her eyes blazing

Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of

sit by whilst Azura is

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an issue with

for this. You causing a scene is

rolls off him, and I

and anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking with anger, before she

and I

understand Alejandro’s concern. After all,

to do

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

they are armed with the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

hundred

go get

my back is ready… and I have

will handle those.”

says, stepping forward, her power

as Alejandro walks over

as Dad and Rayhan

where exactly we are

a nod as

as we all

the only one who stays with me,

he doesn’t.

fast and my heart thunders when