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…

“We prepare to move out. I’ll

prepare.

out. There’s something I need to check.

turning away once more. I

moment?” I ask, turning

hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

but I had scanned pretty

with ease. I had also tried to restore

that were pretty damaged.

idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated

when we might need

something.” She

can’t get overly confident until

Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour later and we

untouched. Everyone else

to know what we are

a lot of times and I plan to finish this

is spinning, the pressure rising as time

the longer they suffer in Judah’s

know I’m onto something… but f**k, knowing they are out

of what may happen to her is rising as I keep

papers in front of

is…” She trails off, as she

reply, looking back at the page I have up on the screen. So that’s

you are…

my messy scrawl

say, pointing to the ones

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me enough to work with.

would work if I

it?” She

say, pushing the final

that I had been working

frowning as she reads the

language long forgotten… and although there are still

to read, or simply not

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans

of the wraith family… What on earth… they

ask, sitting

at the page, as I stare at the image depicting a

and

the picture was so far from a human, we hadn’t

find out what we were dealing

Wraiths take a host to survive

them disguising themselves in the identity of

strength, Shadow Wraiths

Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true

driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

and Harpagophytum into their necks.” She

is what he

I have a sword which

you

I say quietly, entering my weapon

Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be called

is very limited. Wraiths feed

realisation dawning

wanting to either

wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you

we

“Leave that

at

nods and I hold out

later, and I am now near the

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly

it, but his sense of smell is

Alejandro who is arguing with

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

had been injured in

to sort

Dante. He glances back at

won’t listen.”

g***amn child.” Skyla

Now get the

age, you did a lot more than

eyes

debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls

whilst Azura is out there! You are so

She growls.

he only had an issue with his daughter

this. You causing

Alejandro’s command rolls off

anger consuming her and she’s trying

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

shaking with anger, before

at her dad, and I feel a little bad

Alejandro’s concern. After all, she

to do any of

to the caverns is half a

they are armed with the bullets we created. Do we know

men?”

hundred out front.” Jin

go get

back is ready… and I have everything

will handle those.” Dante

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her

nod, as Alejandro walks over to

as Dad and Rayhan

exactly we are going

a nod as the Five step

we

only one who stays with me, and even when the

he doesn’t.

caverns pretty fast and my heart