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…

prepare to move out. I’ll fill

prepare.

up and move out. There’s something I need to check. I will catch

away once more. I needed to check

me for a moment?” I ask,

nods before hurrying over and we

apartment.

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

with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all these books duplicated

knows when we might need

something.”

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

is it, Leo?” Delsanra asks. It’s about half

A place that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

know what we are up against to

times and I plan to

spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by. I

longer they suffer

but f**k, knowing

what may happen to her is rising as I keep

the papers in front of me

off, as she

I have up on the screen. So that’s

you are…

my messy scrawl and I sit

symbols.” I say, pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work to decode

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

word as Shadow it gave me enough to work with.

to check if it would work if I took

it?”

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

that I had been working on,

as she reads the

long forgotten… and although there are

are too damaged to read, or simply not fully readable, it

sense overall.

as she scans

family… What on

I ask, sitting back

I

smoke and

from a human,

had all tried to find out

Wraiths take a host to survive and to gain a solid

disguising themselves in the identity of

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

be

weapon made

Nightshade,

and Harpagophytum into their necks.” She turns to me. “Do

what he

I

how… did you… how did you even

late, though.” I say

the Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be

feed

realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths

energy wanting to

intentions they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can

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

an idea about that… “Leave that to

at

nods and I hold out my

I am now near the caverns. I had made one

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling faintly at me. I

sense of smell

as I glance back at Alejandro who is

ago, and I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had

heal those who had been injured in the

to

Dante. He glances back

won’t listen.”

a g***amn

Now get the f**k out of here.” Alejandro

At my age, you did

eyes blazing a reddish

debate. Take her home.”

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

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had

for this. You causing a scene is delaying things

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

consuming her and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

turns away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at me,

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking with anger,

at her dad, and I feel a

Alejandro’s concern. After all, she is his daughter…

to do

caverns is half a mile from here.”

they are armed with the bullets we created. Do

men?”

two hundred

go get this d**n

sword on my back is ready… and

I will handle

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power

Alejandro walks

as Dad

told them where exactly we are going to

I say, giving them a nod

as we all

with me,

he

pretty fast and my heart thunders when I