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

prepare.

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

turning away once more. I needed

moment?” I ask,

hurrying over and we

apartment.

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

ease. I had

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated

we might

onto something.” She

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

Leo?” Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour later and we

remains untouched. Everyone else has

what we are up

a lot of times and I plan to

rising as time slips

here, the longer they

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

what may happen to her is rising

the papers in front of

off,

I have up on the screen. So that’s

you are…

read my messy scrawl and I sit

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

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before

“Shadows?” She asks.

as Shadow it

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

it?” She

say, pushing the final sheet, which

been

as she

a language long forgotten… and although there are still

damaged to read,

sense overall.

thunders as she scans the page.

family… What on earth… they don’t

ask, sitting

at the page, as I

smoke and

from a human, we

find out

to survive and to gain

themselves in the identity of their

Shadow Wraiths are

Wraiths cannot be killed unless their

and taken, upon driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns to

what

up. I have a sword

you… how did you even

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

name is discovered, it can be called on for

its help is very limited. Wraiths feed on

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths sense

of energy wanting to either simply linger

on the wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get

how will we find his real name?”

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

looking at her

I

an hour later, and I am now near the caverns. I

before getting here.

right. Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling

it, but his sense of smell is obviously far better than

as I glance back at Alejandro who

which one is angrier. Kiara

had been injured in the explosions,

needed her to

to interfere?” I ask Dante.

listen.” He

a g***amn

Now get the f**k out

my age, you did a

back, her eyes

for debate. Take her home.”

to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an

have time for this. You

Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and

rage and anger consuming her and she’s trying to

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

shaking with anger, before

and I feel

concern. After all, she is

going to do any

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

armed with the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

least two hundred out

about we go get

my back is ready… and I have everything

me, I will handle those.” Dante

Raihana says, stepping forward, her power

nod, as Alejandro walks over

we ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan

told them where exactly we are going to

do this.” I say, giving them a nod as the Five step

blaze as we

me, and even

me, he

fast and my heart thunders when I