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

prepare.

I need to check. I

more. I needed to

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

up and nods before hurrying over and we head

apartment.

gone in the fire, but I had

look through them with ease. I

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all

when we might need some information

onto something.” She

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

asks. It’s about half an hour later

A place that remains untouched. Everyone else has

told me I needed to know what we are up

and I plan

mind is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by.

longer they suffer in Judah’s

know I’m onto something… but f**k,

may happen to her is rising as I keep

of me are full of my

trails off, as she

don’t reply, looking back at the page I have up on the screen.

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and

say, pointing to the ones

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

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

to check if it would work if I took it as the key

it?”

pushing the final sheet, which now

been working on,

frowning as she reads the

was a language long forgotten… and although there are still

damaged to read, or simply not

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans

the wraith family… What on

sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking up

page, as I stare at the image depicting a

smoke and

a

all tried to find

take a host to survive and to

in them disguising themselves in the identity of

Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

cannot be killed unless

driving a weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

necks.” She turns to me. “Do you

what

I say, standing up. I have a

how did you even figure that

late, though.” I

name is discovered, it can be

is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths

of energy wanting to either simply linger

intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can

but… how will we find

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

looking at her

and I

am now near the caverns. I had made one

before getting here.

Her scent lingers.” Dante says,

of smell is obviously

at Alejandro who

not long ago, and I’m not sure which one

to heal those who had been injured in the explosions, but I

needed her to sort

ask Dante. He glances back at them and

listen.” He says

a g***amn child.” Skyla

f**king are. Now get the f**k out of here.”

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

her eyes blazing a reddish

isn’t up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of his

to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an issue with his

You

Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I

consuming her and she’s trying

shifting.

from her and Skyla clenches

heart thundering.

her.” She says, her voice shaking with anger, before

at her dad, and I feel a

Alejandro’s concern. After all,

isn’t going to do

entrance to the caverns is half a mile

armed with the bullets we

men?”

two hundred out front.” Jin

get this

my back is ready… and I

I will handle

stepping forward, her power

as Alejandro walks

as Dad and

had already told them where exactly

a nod as

as we

me, and even when the

he

the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders