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 out. I’ll

prepare.

up and move out. There’s something I need

turning away once more. I needed to

for a moment?” I

up and nods before hurrying

apartment.

the fire, but I had scanned pretty

ease. I had

that were pretty damaged.

sure why these idiots didn’t have all these books

might need

onto something.” She

get overly confident until I

It’s about half

remains untouched. Everyone else has

to know what we are

I plan to finish

as time slips by. I

the longer

something… but f**k, knowing they are

happen to her is rising

of me are full

trails off, as she

back at the page I have up on

you are…

messy scrawl and I

to the ones at the

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

by translating that word as Shadow it gave me

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

has it?”

I say, pushing the final sheet, which

been working on,

leans down, frowning as she

and although

too damaged to read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

heart thunders as she scans the

of the wraith family… What on earth…

sure?” I ask, sitting back and

the page, as I stare

and shadows

from a human, we hadn’t paid it

had all tried to find out what we were dealing

a host to survive

disguising themselves in the identity of

strength, Shadow Wraiths are even

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true names

taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure iron coated

Nightshade,

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

what

I have a sword which

you even

though.” I say quietly, entering

the Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered,

very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies to

dawning on

to either simply linger by these

will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you get those

will we find

had an idea about that… “Leave that

looking at her

and I hold out

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

before getting here.

Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at me.

of smell is obviously far

nod as I glance back at Alejandro

not sure which one is angrier. Kiara

who had been injured in the explosions, but I think

her to

to interfere?” I ask Dante.

listen.” He says

a g***amn child.” Skyla

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

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

her eyes blazing a reddish

home.” Alejandro

whilst Azura is out there!

She growls.

had an issue with

You

Alejandro’s command rolls off

and

shifting.

Skyla clenches

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking with anger, before she

I feel a little bad

Alejandro’s concern. After all,

to do any of

to the caverns is half a mile from

bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

least two hundred out

about we go get

my back is ready…

to me, I will handle those.” Dante says,

says, stepping forward,

Alejandro walks

as Dad

already told them where exactly we

a nod as the Five step

blaze as we all

only one who stays with me, and even when the

he

the caverns pretty fast and