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…

turn back to the table, “We prepare to move out. I’ll fill

prepare.

There’s something I need to check. I will catch

away once more. I needed to

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

and nods before hurrying over and

apartment.

in the fire, but I had

through them with ease. I

that were pretty damaged.

why these idiots didn’t have all

when we might need some

onto something.” She

get overly confident until

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

place that remains untouched.

me I needed to know what we are up against

of times and I plan to

pressure rising as time slips by. I needed

here, the longer they suffer

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

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

in front of me

trails off, as

back at the page I have up on the screen. So that’s

you are…

messy

to the ones at

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

Shadow it gave me enough to

trying to check if it would work if I

has it?” She

has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now

that I had been working on,

as she

was a language long forgotten… and although

damaged to read, or simply not

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans the page.

subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth… they

sure?” I ask, sitting

looks back at the page, as I stare at the

with smoke and shadows surrounding

was so far from a human,

all tried to find out what

survive and to

them disguising themselves in the identity of

strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true

taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns to me. “Do

what

up. I have a sword which is fully

you even figure

late, though.” I say quietly, entering my weapon

is discovered, it can be

very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies to

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her.

wanting to either simply linger by these

wraith’s intentions they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

“Can you

how will we

that… “Leave that to me… Can you call

at her

nods and I

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

before getting here.

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

his sense of smell is obviously far

at Alejandro

which one is angrier.

heal those who had been injured in the explosions,

needed her to sort

to interfere?” I ask Dante. He

listen.” He

a g***amn child.” Skyla

Now get the

can’t stop me. At my age, you

eyes blazing

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

whilst Azura is

She growls.

since he only had an issue with his daughter being

time for this. You

Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I see Skyla’s

and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

her and Skyla clenches

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking with anger, before she casts one

dad, and I feel

After all,

going to do any

a mile from here.” I say, “He will

they are armed with the bullets we created.

men?”

least two hundred

get this d**n wraith.”

sword on my back is ready… and I have everything I

to me, I will handle

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her

as Alejandro walks

ready?” He asks, as

told them where exactly we are going to

this.” I say, giving them a nod as the

blaze as we

who stays with me, and even when the rest

he

pretty fast and my heart thunders when