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…

the table, “We prepare to move out.

prepare.

something I need to

turning away once more. I needed to

come with me for a moment?” I ask, turning to the

and nods before hurrying over and we head

apartment.

fire, but I

to look through them with ease. I had also tried to restore

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all these

when we might need some information from

something.”

don’t reply. I can’t get overly

half an hour later and we are in

untouched.

needed to know what we are

times and I plan

rising as time

longer they

but f**k, knowing they are out there

what may happen to her

front of me are full

is…” She trails off, as she

I have up

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and I

I say, pointing to the ones

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave

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

has it?” She

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

had been working on, towards

frowning as

was a language long forgotten… and although there

that are too damaged to read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans

family…

I ask, sitting

back at the page, as I

smoke and shadows surrounding

was so far from a human, we hadn’t paid it any

had all tried to find out what we

host to survive and to

themselves in the identity of

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

cannot be killed unless their true

taken, upon driving a weapon

Nightshade,

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

is what he

I say, standing up. I have a sword which

did you even figure that out?” She

little f**king late, though.” I

name is discovered, it can be

feed on

realisation dawning on

to either simply linger

they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get

away, but… how will we find

“Leave that

looking at her

I

later, and I am now near the

before getting here.

Her scent lingers.” Dante says,

his sense of smell is

at Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla.

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

been injured in the explosions, but I think

to

ask Dante. He glances

listen.” He says

a g***amn

are. Now get the f**k out

me. At my age, you did a

back, her eyes blazing a

home.” Alejandro snarls to

whilst Azura is out there! You are

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had

for this. You causing a scene is delaying things

command rolls off

consuming her and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking

I feel a little

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

do

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

and they are armed with the bullets we created.

men?”

hundred out

get

ready… and I have

will handle

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

nod, as Alejandro walks over to

He asks, as Dad and Rayhan

already told them where exactly we are going to

a nod as the Five step up behind me,

blaze as we

stays with me, and even when

me, he

reach the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I catch