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…

to the table, “We prepare to move out. I’ll fill everyone in as

prepare.

There’s something I need

away once more. I

me for a moment?” I ask,

before hurrying over and

apartment.

the fire, but I had scanned

look through them with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated

when we might need some information

onto something.” She

I can’t get overly

half an hour

A place that remains untouched. Everyone else has

know what we are

lot of times and I plan

as time slips

longer I’m here, the longer they suffer in Judah’s

know I’m onto something… but f**k,

Fear of what may happen to her is rising

the papers in front of me are full of my

She trails off,

I have up on the screen. So that’s

you are…

messy

I say, pointing to the ones

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

word as Shadow it gave me enough to

to check if it would work if I took it as the key to

it?”

say, pushing the

had been working on, towards

leans down, frowning as she reads

and although there are still

damaged to read, or

sense overall.

thunders as

are subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth…

ask, sitting back and looking

as I

and

picture was so far from a human, we

tried to find

survive and to gain

themselves in the identity

Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed

weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

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

is what

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

how did you even figure that

f**king late, though.” I say quietly, entering my weapon

name is discovered, it can be called on

very limited. Wraiths feed

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths sense

levels of energy wanting to

will devour these

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you get

how will we find his real name?” She

an idea about that… “Leave

looking at her

and I hold out my

am now near the

before getting here.

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

smell

I glance back at Alejandro who

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

those who had been injured in the explosions, but I

needed her to sort their

to interfere?” I ask Dante. He

Dad won’t listen.” He

not a g***amn

get the f**k out of here.”

my age, you did a lot

eyes blazing a reddish

her home.”

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

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an issue

You

rolls off him, and I

anger consuming her and

shifting.

Skyla clenches

heart thundering.

her.” She says, her voice shaking with anger, before she casts

dad, and I feel a little

all, she

to do

is half a mile from here.” I say,

the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

hundred out front.” Jin

go get

my back is ready… and

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

says, stepping forward,

Alejandro walks over

we ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan step

already told them where exactly we are going

say, giving them a nod as the Five

blaze as we

one who stays with me, and even

me, he doesn’t.

and my heart thunders