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

prepare.

I

away once more. I needed

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

up and nods before hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

but I

look through them with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books

when we might

onto something.”

can’t get overly confident until I

half an hour later and we

place that remains untouched. Everyone

what we are up

lot of times and I

rising as

here, the longer they suffer in Judah’s

something… but f**k, knowing they

Fear of what may happen to her is rising as

in front of me are full of

off,

looking back at the page I

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and I sit

the ones at the top. “Can

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me enough

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

has it?”

I say, pushing the

I had been working on, towards

frowning as she reads the

was a language long forgotten… and although there are

damaged to read, or

sense overall.

heart thunders as she scans

family… What

ask, sitting back and looking up

looks back at the page, as I stare

smoke and

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

tried to find out what

survive

in them disguising themselves in the identity of

Wraiths are

present. Wraiths cannot be

taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure

Nightshade,

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

what he

think so…” I say, standing up. I have a sword which

did you… how did you even figure

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

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can

its help is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels

realisation dawning

levels of energy wanting to

they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

“Can

away, but… how will we find

idea about that… “Leave that to me… Can

at her

I hold out my

now near the caverns. I had made one last

before getting here.

Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at me. I

it, but his sense of smell

I glance back at Alejandro

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

heal those who had been injured in the explosions, but

to sort

ask Dante. He glances back at them

Dad won’t listen.” He says

not a g***amn child.”

Now get the

At my age, you did a lot

eyes

isn’t up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of his

to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You

She growls.

since he only had an issue

time for this. You causing a scene is

Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I

consuming her and she’s trying to stop herself

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking with anger, before she

dad, and I feel

After all, she is his daughter…

to do

caverns is half a mile

armed with the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

two hundred out front.”

how about we go get

my back is ready… and I have everything

bullets to me, I will handle

forward, her

nod, as Alejandro

He asks, as Dad and Rayhan

where exactly we

do this.” I say, giving them a nod

blaze as we

with me, and even when

he doesn’t.

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I catch