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 the table, “We prepare to move

prepare.

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

turning away once more. I needed to check this….

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

up and nods before hurrying over and

apartment.

fire, but I had

ease. I

that were pretty damaged.

idiots didn’t have all these

might need some

something.”

I can’t get overly confident until I

about half

remains untouched. Everyone else has gone ahead,

told me I needed to know what we are up

I plan

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

longer I’m here, the longer they suffer in

know I’m onto something… but f**k, knowing

of what may happen to her is rising as

front of me are full of my

is…” She trails off, as she

at the page I have up on

you are…

my messy scrawl and I

the ones at the top. “Can work to

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

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

I took it as the key to cr**k

it?”

pushing

that I had been working

frowning as she

a language long forgotten… and although there

read, or simply not fully readable,

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as

of the wraith family… What

sitting back and looking

at the page, as I stare

with smoke and shadows

was so far from a human, we

find out what

survive and to gain a solid

in them disguising themselves in the identity

and strength, Shadow Wraiths

Wraiths cannot be killed

driving a weapon made of pure

Nightshade,

Harpagophytum into their necks.” She turns to

is what

think so…” I say, standing up. I have

did you even figure that

f**king late, though.” I

is discovered, it can be called

Wraiths feed on high

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths sense

wanting to either simply linger by

on the wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

“Can

but… how will we find his real name?”

“Leave

at her

and I hold out

am now near the caverns. I had

before getting here.

Dante says,

but his sense of smell is obviously

back at Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla. She had

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

heal those who had been injured in

to sort their sh*t

to interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances back

listen.”

g***amn child.” Skyla

get the f**k out of

can’t stop me. At my age, you did a

her eyes blazing a

isn’t up for debate. Take her home.”

just going to sit by whilst Azura is

She growls.

only had an

I don’t have time for this. You causing

rolls off

and she’s trying

shifting.

clenches her jaw before she looks at

heart thundering.

her voice shaking with anger, before

dad, and I

all, she is his

to do any of

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

bullets we

men?”

two hundred out

about we go get this

is ready… and I have

bullets to me, I will handle those.”

stepping forward,

Alejandro walks over

ready?” He asks, as

had already told them where exactly we are going

giving them a nod as the Five step

we

the only one who stays with me, and even

he

reach the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when