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…

table, “We prepare to move

prepare.

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

once more. I

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

before hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

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

to look through them with ease.

that were pretty damaged.

sure why these idiots didn’t have

we might need some information from

something.”

can’t get overly

Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour

remains untouched. Everyone else has

me I needed to know what we are up against to win. He

lot of times and I plan to finish this once and

spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by. I

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

onto something… but f**k,

me. Fear of what may happen to her is

papers in front of me are full of my

She trails off, as she

at the page I have up on the screen. So that’s

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and I

pointing to the ones at the top. “Can

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me

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

it?”

has.” I say, pushing the

I had been

frowning as she

long forgotten… and although there

damaged to read, or simply not

sense overall.

heart thunders as she

family… What on earth… they

ask, sitting back and looking

page, as I

with smoke and shadows

so far from a human, we

to find out what we

host to survive and to gain a solid physical

in them disguising themselves in the

Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be

weapon made

Nightshade,

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

what he

standing up. I have

how… did you… how did you even figure that out?”

little f**king late, though.” I

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be called on

its help is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels

says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths sense

of energy wanting to

the wraith’s intentions they will devour these beings… This is

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get

we

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

looking at

I hold out my

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

before getting here.

Dante

sense of smell is obviously far better

at Alejandro who

not long ago, and I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had stayed

heal those who had been injured in the explosions,

to sort their sh*t

Dante. He glances back at

Dad won’t listen.” He says

a g***amn

Now get the f**k out

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

her eyes blazing a reddish

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

whilst Azura is out there! You are so

She growls.

is, since he only had an issue with his

I don’t have time for this. You

Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I see

consuming her and she’s trying to

shifting.

her and Skyla clenches her

heart thundering.

voice shaking with anger, before she casts one

and I feel

concern. After all, she is

do any of

a mile from here.” I

the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

least two hundred out front.”

we go get this d**n wraith.”

back is ready… and I have everything I

me, I will handle those.”

Raihana says, stepping forward,

as Alejandro

ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan

already told them where exactly we are going to attack

this.” I say, giving them a nod as the Five step up behind me,

blaze as we

with me, and even when the

he doesn’t.

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders