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 move out. I’ll fill everyone in as

prepare.

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

more. I needed

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

and nods before hurrying over

apartment.

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

through them with ease. I had also tried to

that were pretty damaged.

have all these books

when we might need

onto something.” She

get overly confident until I

It’s about half

A place that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

to know what we

and I plan to

is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips

I’m here, the longer

onto something… but f**k, knowing they

me. Fear of what may happen to her is rising

of me are full

is…” She trails off,

the page I have up

you are…

read my messy scrawl and

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

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it gave me enough to work with.

I took it

it?”

it f**king has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now

I had been working on,

frowning as she reads

was a language long forgotten… and although there are still

too damaged to read,

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the

family… What on earth… they don’t

ask, sitting back

page, as I stare at

and

so far from a human, we

all tried to find

Wraiths take a host to survive and to

themselves in the identity of their

speed and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true

a weapon

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns

what

I have a sword which is fully

how… did you… how did you

though.” I say quietly,

name is discovered, it

feed on

realisation dawning

levels of energy wanting to either simply linger

the wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you get

but… how will we find

about that… “Leave that to me… Can

at

nods and I hold out my

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

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling faintly

sense of smell is obviously far

back at Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla. She had

not sure which one

had been injured

her to sort their

Dante. He glances back at them and

listen.” He says

a g***amn child.”

get the f**k out

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

back, her eyes

her home.” Alejandro snarls to one

just going to sit by whilst Azura is out

She growls.

since he only had an issue

this. You causing a scene is delaying things

the hell home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and

her and she’s trying to stop herself

shifting.

clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

voice shaking with anger, before she casts one

at her dad, and I

concern. After all, she

to do any of them any

half a mile from here.” I

armed with the bullets

men?”

hundred out front.” Jin

how about we go get this d**n

sword on my back is ready… and I have everything

me, I will handle those.” Dante says,

stepping forward, her power c**ckling

as Alejandro walks

as

had already told them where exactly we are

say, giving them a nod as the Five step up

blaze as we

one who stays with me, and

he

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I