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 move out. I’ll

prepare.

There’s something I need to check. I

once more. I

with me for a moment?” I ask, turning to

up and nods before hurrying over and

apartment.

be gone in the fire, but I had scanned

them with ease. I had also tried to

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have

we might need some

onto something.” She

get

Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour later and we are

A place that remains untouched.

what we are up

of times and I plan to finish this once and

spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by.

the longer they

something… but f**k, knowing they are

her is

in front of me are full

off, as

looking back at the page I have up on

you are…

messy scrawl and I

ones at the top. “Can work to

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

by translating that word as Shadow it gave

if it would work if I took it as the key

it?” She

say, pushing the final

that I had been working

as she reads the

forgotten… and

are too damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

as

wraith family… What on

sitting back and looking

I

with smoke and shadows

so far from a human, we

find

a host to survive and

them disguising themselves in the identity of their

Shadow Wraiths

present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true

upon driving a weapon

Nightshade,

She turns

is what

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

how did you even figure that

though.” I

Wraith’s name is discovered,

limited. Wraiths feed

Delsanra says realisation dawning on

to either simply linger by

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

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can

will we find his real name?”

idea about that… “Leave that to me… Can you call

at her

and I hold out my

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

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says, smiling

it, but his sense of smell is obviously far

nod as I glance back at Alejandro who is arguing

not sure which one

those who had been injured in the

her to sort their

Dante. He

Dad won’t listen.” He says

g***amn

Now get the f**k

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

eyes blazing a

Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of his

not just going to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You

She growls.

had an issue with his daughter

don’t have time for this. You causing a scene is delaying things

rolls off him,

and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

shaking with anger, before she

dad, and I

After all, she

to do any

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

bullets we created. Do we know

men?”

two hundred out front.” Jin

how about we go get this

sword on my back is ready…

the bullets to me, I will

says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling

nod, as Alejandro

ready?” He asks, as

had already told them where exactly

them a nod as the Five step up behind

we all

who stays with me,

he doesn’t.

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I catch