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

prepare.

There’s something I need to check. I will

away once more. I needed to check

a moment?” I ask, turning to the

looks up and nods before hurrying over and we

apartment.

but I had

with ease. I had also tried to

that were pretty damaged.

why these idiots didn’t have all

we might need some

onto something.” She

don’t reply. I can’t get overly confident

it, Leo?” Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour

untouched.

what we are up

of times and I plan to finish this once and

spinning, the pressure rising as time

the longer they suffer

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

what may happen to her is rising as I

of me are full of

trails off,

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

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and

I say, pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work to decode

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

by translating that word as Shadow it gave me

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

has it?” She

I say, pushing the final sheet, which now

that I had been working

leans down, frowning as

forgotten… and although there are still

are too damaged to read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as

wraith family…

I ask, sitting

page, as I stare at

and shadows

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

tried to find

survive and to gain a solid

them disguising themselves in

strength, Shadow Wraiths are

Wraiths cannot be killed

a weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

She

is what he

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

how did you even figure that out?” She

though.” I say quietly, entering my

name is discovered,

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

dawning

wanting to either simply linger

intentions they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can

we find his real

had an idea about that… “Leave that to me…

at

and I

near the caverns. I

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at

of smell

back at Alejandro who is arguing with

and I’m not sure which one is

been injured in the

needed her to

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

won’t listen.” He says

g***amn child.”

Now get the f**k out of here.” Alejandro

can’t stop me. At my age, you did a lot

her eyes blazing a

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

just going to sit by whilst Azura is

She growls.

only had an issue

You causing a scene is delaying things

the hell home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I see Skyla’s

anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop herself

shifting.

turns away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

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

and I feel a little

Alejandro’s concern. After all, she

do any of

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

they are armed with the bullets we

men?”

two hundred

we go get

back is ready… and I have everything I

me, I will

forward, her power c**ckling

as Alejandro walks

asks, as Dad and Rayhan

them where exactly we are going to attack

nod as the Five

blaze as we all run

only one who stays with me, and even when the rest shift

he doesn’t.

and my heart thunders when I catch