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…

prepare to move out. I’ll fill everyone in

prepare.

I need to check. I

once more. I needed to check this….

for a moment?” I ask, turning to

up and nods before hurrying over and we

apartment.

but I had scanned pretty much most of

with ease. I had also tried to

that were pretty damaged.

why these idiots didn’t have all these books

we might

something.” She

get overly

It’s about half an hour later and we

that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

what we are up against to

times and I

pressure rising as time slips

I’m here, the longer they suffer

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

to her is rising as I keep on making

papers in front of me are

trails off, as she leans

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

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and I sit

say, pointing to the ones at the top.

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it gave me enough

it would work if I took it as the

has it?” She

pushing the final sheet,

had been working on, towards

leans down, frowning as she reads

long forgotten… and although

are too damaged to read, or simply not

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the page.

family… What

ask, sitting back and looking

the page, as I stare at the image

smoke and

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

all tried to find out what we were

to survive and to gain a

in the identity of their hosts.

Shadow Wraiths

be

taken, upon driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns

is what

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

you even figure that out?” She

I

discovered, it can be

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

realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths

wanting to either simply linger by these beings

they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you

but… how will we find his real

“Leave that to me… Can you call Janaina.”

at

and I

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

before getting here.

scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at

it, but his sense of smell is obviously far better

Alejandro who is arguing

ago, and I’m not sure which one is

heal those who had been injured

needed her to sort their

to interfere?” I ask Dante.

listen.”

not a g***amn child.” Skyla

are. Now get the f**k out

my age, you did a lot more than this.”

her eyes blazing

her home.”

whilst Azura is out there! You

She growls.

he only had an issue

time for this. You causing a scene is delaying things

home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off

rage and anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at

heart thundering.

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

at her dad, and I feel

understand Alejandro’s concern. After all, she is his

going to do any of them any

a mile from

and they are armed with the bullets we created. Do

men?”

two hundred out front.”

how about we go get this d**n wraith.” Jax

my back is ready… and I have everything I

bullets to me, I will handle those.” Dante

stepping forward, her power c**ckling

nod, as Alejandro walks over to

asks, as Dad and Rayhan step

exactly

nod as the

as we

stays with me, and even when the rest

he doesn’t.

and my heart