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 fill

prepare.

There’s something I need to check. I will catch up.”

I needed to check

moment?” I ask,

before hurrying over and

apartment.

be gone in the fire, but I had scanned pretty much most of it

computer to look through them with ease. I

that were pretty damaged.

sure why these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated and

knows when we might

something.”

get overly confident

half

place that remains untouched. Everyone

know what we are up against

and I plan to finish this

mind is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by. I needed

I’m here, the longer they suffer

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

Fear of what may happen to her is rising as I

in front of me are full

is…” She trails off, as she leans

at the page I have up on

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and

to the ones at the top. “Can

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me

to check if it would work if I

has it?”

has.” I say, pushing

I had been working

frowning as she reads the

a language long forgotten… and

that are too damaged to read,

sense overall.

thunders as she scans

wraith family…

sure?” I ask, sitting

I stare at

smoke and shadows surrounding

from a human, we

tried to find out what we

survive and

in them disguising themselves in the identity

speed and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger where

be killed unless their true names

and taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns to me.

what he

I have a sword which is

did you… how did you even figure that out?”

I say quietly, entering my

Wraith’s name is discovered, it can

help is very limited. Wraiths feed on high

realisation dawning on her.

wanting to either simply linger by these beings

intentions they will devour these beings… This is

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get

will we

an idea about that… “Leave

looking at

and I hold out

hour later, and I am now near the caverns.

before getting here.

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

of smell

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

and I’m not sure which

who had been injured in

needed her to sort their sh*t

I ask Dante. He glances back

Dad won’t listen.”

not a g***amn child.” Skyla

f**king are. Now get the f**k

and you can’t stop me. At my age, you

back, her eyes blazing

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

Azura is out there!

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an issue

You causing a scene is delaying

the hell home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him,

and anger consuming her and she’s trying to

shifting.

from her and Skyla clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

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

at her dad, and I

concern. After all,

going to do any

half a mile from here.”

bullets

men?”

least two hundred out front.” Jin

about we go get this d**n wraith.” Jax

ready… and I have everything I

me, I will handle those.” Dante says,

stepping forward, her power c**ckling

as Alejandro

as Dad and

exactly we

nod as the Five step

blaze as we all

who stays with me, and even when the rest

he

pretty fast and