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 out. I’ll fill everyone

prepare.

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

turning away once more. I needed to check this…. “Delsanra,

me for a moment?” I ask,

before hurrying over and we

apartment.

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

look through them with ease. I had

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all these books

knows when we might need

onto something.”

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

asks. It’s about half an hour later and

remains untouched.

know what we are up against to win.

a lot of times and I plan to finish this once and for

as time slips by. I needed to find

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

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

Fear of what may happen to her

papers in front of me are

is…” She trails off,

I have up on the screen. So

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and I sit

the ones at the top. “Can work

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it gave me enough to work with.

if it would work if I took it as

it?” She

has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now

had been working on,

down, frowning as she

was a language long forgotten… and although there are still parts of

damaged to read, or simply not

sense overall.

as

wraith family… What on

you sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking up at

as I stare at the

smoke and shadows surrounding

far from a human, we hadn’t paid

we had all tried to find out what

Wraiths take a host to survive and to gain a solid physical

disguising themselves in the identity of their hosts.

Wraiths are

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their

taken, upon driving a weapon made of

Nightshade,

and Harpagophytum into their necks.” She

what

say, standing up. I have

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

I say quietly, entering my

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

its help is very limited. Wraiths feed

dawning

energy wanting to either simply

on the wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

“Can you get

but… how will we find

about that… “Leave that to me…

at her

I hold out my

am now near the caverns.

before getting here.

scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly

his sense of smell

I glance back at Alejandro who

and I’m not sure which one is

injured in the explosions, but I think

needed her to

I ask Dante. He glances back at them

won’t listen.” He

not a g***amn

are. Now get the f**k out

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

eyes

up for debate. Take her home.”

going to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are so

She growls.

he only had an issue with his

You

the hell home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I see Skyla’s

her and

shifting.

away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before

heart thundering.

shaking with anger, before she casts one

her dad, and I

concern. After all, she is his daughter…

isn’t going to do any of

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

and they are armed with the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

least two hundred

go get this

sword on my back is ready… and

I will

Raihana says, stepping forward,

as Alejandro walks

He asks, as Dad and

already told them where exactly we

a nod

blaze as we all

one who stays with me, and even when the rest

me, he doesn’t.

reach the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders