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 out. I’ll fill

prepare.

I need to check. I

I needed to

moment?” I ask, turning to the white-

hurrying over and we head

apartment.

but I had scanned pretty

with ease.

that were pretty damaged.

sure why these idiots didn’t have all

knows when we might

onto something.” She

get overly confident until I

It’s about half an hour later and we are in

that remains untouched.

what we are up against to win.

us a lot of times and I plan

rising as

I’m here, the longer they suffer in Judah’s

but f**k, knowing they are out there

of what may happen to her is rising

of me

is…” She trails off,

don’t reply, looking back at the page I have up on the screen. So that’s

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and I

ones at the top. “Can

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

word as Shadow it gave me enough to work

work if I

it?”

pushing the final sheet, which

I had been working

leans down, frowning as she reads

a language long forgotten… and although there are

too damaged to read, or simply not fully readable,

sense overall.

as she scans the page.

family…

ask, sitting

at the page, as I stare at the image depicting a

and shadows

was so far from a human,

all tried to find out what we

to survive and to gain a solid

disguising themselves in the identity of their

strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true names

a weapon made

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns to

is what he

I say, standing up. I have a sword which is fully

you… how did you even figure

late, though.” I say quietly, entering

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can

its help is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies to

realisation dawning on her.

high levels of energy wanting to either simply linger by

the wraith’s intentions they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you get those

but… how will we find his real name?” She

that… “Leave that to me…

looking at her

nods and I hold out

hour later, and I am now near the caverns. I had made one last

before getting here.

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

smell is obviously

back at Alejandro who is arguing with

not sure which one is angrier. Kiara

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

needed her to sort their sh*t

interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances back at them

listen.” He says

not a g***amn child.” Skyla

the f**k out of here.” Alejandro

At my age,

eyes

her home.” Alejandro snarls to one

sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are so d**n

She growls.

had an issue with his daughter

this. You causing

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

and anger consuming her and

shifting.

and Skyla clenches her

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking with anger, before

dad, and I feel a little bad

understand Alejandro’s concern. After all, she

isn’t going to do any of

to the caverns is half a mile from

are armed with the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

hundred out front.” Jin

about we go get this

back is ready… and I

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

forward, her power c**ckling

as Alejandro walks over

asks, as

told them where exactly we are going to

say, giving them a nod as the Five step up behind me, and

as we

stays with me, and even when the rest shift

me, he

the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I