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. I’ll fill everyone in as

prepare.

and move out. There’s something I

once more. I needed to check this…. “Delsanra,

moment?” I ask, turning to the

before hurrying

apartment.

gone in the fire, but I had scanned pretty

with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

idiots didn’t have all

might need some

something.” She

can’t get overly confident until I

Leo?” Delsanra asks. It’s about half an

remains untouched. Everyone else has

what we

times and I plan to finish

rising as time slips by. I needed

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

know I’m onto something… but f**k,

happen to her is rising as I keep on

in front of me are full of

trails off, as she

I have

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and I sit

the ones at the top.

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

Shadow it

check if it would work if I

has it?”

pushing

that I had been working

frowning as she reads the

long forgotten… and although there are still parts of

damaged to read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

thunders as she

the wraith family…

I ask, sitting back and looking up at

page, as I stare at the

smoke and

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

find out

host to survive and to gain a solid

them disguising themselves in the identity of

speed and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

be killed unless

upon driving a weapon

Nightshade,

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

what he

think so…” I say, standing up. I have a sword which is

you

I say

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it

help is very limited. Wraiths feed on

dawning on her.

energy wanting to either simply linger by these beings

will devour

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can

how will we

that… “Leave that to me… Can you

looking at her

nods and I hold out my

now near the caverns. I had made one last

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says,

but his sense of smell is obviously

glance back at Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla. She had

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

been injured in the explosions, but I

needed her to

to interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances back at them and

won’t listen.” He

a g***amn child.”

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

At my age, you did a

her eyes

isn’t up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls

whilst Azura is out there! You are so

She growls.

is, since he only had an issue with his

don’t have time for this. You causing a scene is

Alejandro’s command rolls

and anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

turns away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking with

and I feel a little bad

understand Alejandro’s concern. After all, she

do

half a mile from here.” I say, “He will

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

men?”

hundred out front.”

about we go get this d**n wraith.”

is ready… and I

I will handle those.” Dante

stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

as Alejandro walks over to

He asks, as Dad and Rayhan

them where exactly

them a nod as the Five

we all run

only one who stays with me, and

he doesn’t.

the caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders when I