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…

back to the table, “We prepare to move out. I’ll fill

prepare.

move out. There’s something I

more. I needed

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

hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

may be gone in the fire, but I

them with ease. I had also tried to restore

that were pretty damaged.

sure why these idiots didn’t have

might

onto something.” She

I can’t get overly confident until

it, Leo?” Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour later

A place that remains untouched. Everyone else

what we are up against to win. He

I

the pressure rising as time slips by. I needed to

I’m here, the longer they suffer in

onto something… but f**k,

to her is rising as I keep on making

papers in front of me are full of

She trails off, as she leans

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

you are…

read my messy scrawl

pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work to

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

Shadow it

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

it?” She

I say, pushing the final sheet, which now contains

been working on, towards

frowning as she

long forgotten… and although there are still parts

that are too damaged to read,

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the

wraith family… What on earth… they don’t

sure?” I ask, sitting back and

as I stare

with smoke and shadows surrounding

far from a human, we hadn’t

to find

to survive and to gain

in the identity

Shadow Wraiths are even

be killed unless their

driving a weapon made of pure

Nightshade,

She turns to me.

is what he

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

how did you even figure that

I say quietly, entering

Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be

Wraiths feed on high

dawning

of energy wanting to either simply linger by these

wraith’s intentions they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you get those

how will we find his real name?”

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

at her

I hold

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

before getting here.

scent lingers.” Dante

his sense of smell

back at Alejandro who is arguing

and I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had stayed at

had been injured in

to sort their

interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances

won’t listen.”

g***amn child.” Skyla

Now get the f**k out

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

back, her eyes blazing a

her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of

going to sit by whilst Azura is

She growls.

only had an

have time for this. You causing

hell home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him,

consuming her and she’s

shifting.

from her and Skyla clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking with anger, before she

her dad, and I feel

concern. After all, she is

to do any of

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

bullets we created. Do we know

men?”

least two hundred out

about we go get

ready… and I have everything I

bullets to me, I will

Raihana says, stepping forward,

Alejandro walks

asks, as Dad and

exactly we

giving them a nod as the Five

we all run

is the only one who stays with me, and

he

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders