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

prepare.

something I need

away once more. I needed to check

a moment?” I ask, turning

nods before hurrying over and we

apartment.

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

with ease. I had also tried to restore

that were pretty damaged.

have all these

when we might need some information from

onto something.” She

get overly confident until

about half an hour later and we are in

place that remains untouched. Everyone else has

me I needed to know what we are up against

lot of times and I plan to finish this

rising as time slips by. I needed to

longer

but f**k,

to her is

in front of me are full

She trails off, as she

don’t reply, looking back at the page I have up on the

you are…

my messy scrawl

ones at the top. “Can work to decode

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

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

trying to check if it would work if I took it as the

has it?”

has.” I say, pushing the final sheet,

that I had been

frowning as she

language long forgotten… and although there

that are too damaged to read, or simply not fully readable, it

sense overall.

thunders as she

family…

I ask, sitting back and looking up at

looks back at the page, as I stare at the image

smoke and shadows surrounding

the picture was so far from a human, we hadn’t

to find

a host to survive and to gain a solid physical

disguising themselves in the

and strength, Shadow Wraiths

cannot be killed unless their true names

upon driving a weapon

Nightshade,

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

what he

up. I have a sword which is

you even

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

is discovered, it can be

very limited. Wraiths feed on high

realisation dawning on her.

levels of energy wanting to either

they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you get

Right away, but… how will we find his real name?”

I had an idea about that… “Leave that to me… Can you

at

and I hold

and I am now near the caverns. I had made

before getting here.

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

of smell

glance back at Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla.

not sure which

to heal those who had been injured in the explosions, but I

her to sort their

ask Dante. He glances back at them and

won’t listen.” He

g***amn child.”

f**king are. Now get the f**k out

stop me. At my age, you did a lot more than this.”

eyes blazing

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

not just going to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are

She growls.

since he only had an issue with his daughter

don’t have time for this. You causing a scene is delaying things

the hell home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off

and she’s trying to

shifting.

clenches

heart thundering.

voice shaking with anger, before she casts one

her dad, and I feel

understand Alejandro’s concern. After all, she is

going to do

a mile from here.” I say, “He will

armed with the bullets we created.

men?”

least two hundred out front.”

we go get this

on my back is ready… and I have everything

the bullets to me, I will handle those.” Dante says,

forward,

Alejandro walks over to

we ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan

already told them where exactly we

giving them a nod as the Five

blaze as we

stays with me, and even when the rest

me, he

fast and my heart