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

prepare.

something I need to check. I

once more. I needed

a moment?” I ask, turning

and nods before hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

fire, but I had

them with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

idiots didn’t have

might

onto something.” She

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

Leo?” Delsanra asks. It’s about half an

remains untouched. Everyone

I needed to know what we are up against to

a lot of times and I plan to finish this once

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

longer they

onto something… but f**k, knowing they

happen to her is rising as I keep on

in front of me

is…” She trails off, as

the page I have up on the screen. So

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and I

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

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me enough to work with.

if I took

has it?”

f**king has.” I say, pushing

I had been working on, towards

down, frowning as she reads the

long forgotten… and although there are still parts of

are too damaged to read,

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as

subspecies of the wraith family…

I ask, sitting back and looking up at

looks back at the page, as I stare at the image depicting

with smoke and

so far from a human, we hadn’t

all tried to find

a host to survive and

in them disguising themselves in

Shadow Wraiths are

be killed unless their

and taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure

Nightshade,

necks.” She turns to me. “Do

what he

so…” I say, standing up. I have a

you… how did you even figure that out?”

I say quietly,

Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be

Wraiths feed

dawning on her.

high levels of energy wanting to either simply linger by these

on the wraith’s intentions they will

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you

Right away, but… how will we find his real name?” She

about that… “Leave that to

looking at her

nods and I hold out

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

before getting here.

right. Her scent lingers.” Dante says,

it, but his sense of smell

as I glance back at Alejandro who is arguing with

and I’m not sure which one

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

needed her to sort their sh*t

ask Dante. He glances back at them

won’t listen.”

a g***amn

get the f**k out of here.” Alejandro

At my age,

back, her eyes blazing a

home.” Alejandro

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

She growls.

is, since he only had an

for this. You causing a scene is delaying

rolls off him, and I see

rage and anger consuming her and

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking with anger,

dad, and I

concern. After all, she

to do any of them any

caverns is half a mile

the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

two hundred out front.” Jin

we go get this

my back is ready… and I

me, I will handle those.”

stepping forward, her power c**ckling

as Alejandro walks over to

as Dad and Rayhan

already told them where exactly

giving them a nod as the Five step up behind me, and

we all

stays with me,

me, he doesn’t.

and my heart