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…

“We prepare to move out. I’ll fill everyone

prepare.

and move out. There’s something I need to check. I

turning away once more. I

with me for a moment?” I

before hurrying over and

apartment.

gone in the fire, but I had scanned pretty much most

them with ease. I had also tried to restore

that were pretty damaged.

idiots didn’t have all these

we might need some information from

onto something.” She

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

half an hour

untouched. Everyone else has

what we are

I

spinning, the pressure rising as time slips

longer I’m here, the longer

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

what may happen to her is

front of me

off,

back at the page I

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and I sit

ones at

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

by translating that word as Shadow it

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

it?” She

it f**king has.” I say, pushing the final

had been working

leans down, frowning as she

a language long forgotten… and although there are still

read, or

sense overall.

as

subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth…

sure?” I ask, sitting

back at the page, as I stare at

smoke and shadows surrounding

far from a human, we hadn’t paid it

had all tried to find out what we were dealing

host to survive and to gain a solid

them disguising themselves in the identity of their hosts.

strength, Shadow Wraiths are

Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true names

driving a weapon

Nightshade,

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

is what

up. I have a sword which

you even figure that out?” She

late, though.” I say quietly, entering

discovered, it can be called

Wraiths feed on high levels of

says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths sense

high levels of energy wanting to either simply

will devour

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you get those

we

“Leave that

looking at

I hold

hour later, and I am now near the

before getting here.

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

of smell is obviously far better than

back at Alejandro who is arguing

and I’m not sure which one

injured in the explosions, but I think

to sort

Dante. He glances back

listen.” He

a g***amn child.” Skyla

Now get the f**k out of here.”

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

back, her eyes blazing a

home.” Alejandro snarls to one of

to sit by whilst Azura is out there!

She growls.

is, since he only had an issue

You causing a scene is

command rolls off him, and

and anger consuming her and she’s trying

shifting.

and Skyla clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

her.” She says, her voice shaking with

and I feel a little

concern. After all,

to do any of them

to the caverns is half a

the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

two hundred out front.” Jin

we go get this

my back is ready…

I will

says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling

Alejandro walks over

He asks, as Dad and Rayhan step

told them where exactly we are going to attack

them a nod as the Five step up

we all run

is the only one who stays with me, and

he

reach the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I