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

prepare.

There’s something I need to check. I

once more. I

me for a moment?” I ask,

nods before hurrying over and

apartment.

fire, but I

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

that were pretty damaged.

idiots didn’t have all these books

might need some

onto something.”

reply. I can’t get overly confident until I am

It’s about half an hour later and we are in

that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

told me I needed to know what we are up against to win.

lot of times and I plan to finish this once and

as time slips by. I needed to

here, the longer they

onto something… but f**k,

of what may happen to her is rising

front of

is…” She trails off,

don’t reply, looking back at the page I have

you are…

struggles to read my messy

symbols.” I say, pointing to the ones at

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns 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

has it?”

has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now contains

that I had been working on, towards

leans down, frowning as she reads the

language long forgotten… and although there are still

that are too damaged to read, or simply not fully readable, it

sense overall.

heart thunders as she scans

family… What on earth… they

sitting back and looking up

as I

and

was so far from a human,

all tried to find

to survive and to gain a solid

disguising themselves in the

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

be killed unless their true names

driving a weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns

is what he

I say, standing up. I have a sword

how did you even figure that out?”

though.” I

Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be called on for

is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths sense

of energy wanting to either simply

will devour these beings… This is

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you get

we find his real name?” She

“Leave

looking at

I

now near the caverns. I had made one

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly

it, but his sense of smell is obviously far better than

as I glance back at Alejandro who is arguing

not sure which one is angrier. Kiara

had been injured in the explosions,

needed her to sort their sh*t

ask Dante. He glances back at them

listen.” He says

a g***amn

are. Now get the f**k out of

can’t stop me. At my age, you did a

eyes blazing

up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls to one of his

to sit by whilst Azura is out

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an issue with

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

home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and

anger consuming her and she’s

shifting.

clenches

heart thundering.

shaking with anger, before

dad, and I feel a

concern. After all, she

to do any

to the caverns is half a mile from here.” I

the bullets we

men?”

hundred out

get this d**n

on my back is ready…

bullets to me, I will handle those.”

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

nod, as Alejandro

we ready?” He asks, as Dad and

exactly we are going to attack

a nod as the Five step up behind

we all run

only one who stays with me, and even

he doesn’t.

pretty fast and my