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 move out. I’ll fill everyone in

prepare.

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

more. I needed to

for a moment?” I ask, turning to the white-

looks up and nods before hurrying over and

apartment.

fire, but I had scanned pretty much most

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

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated

knows when we might

something.”

get

about half

that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

I needed to know what we are up against to

a lot of times and I plan

rising as

I’m here, the longer they suffer

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

happen to her is rising as I

of me are

trails off, as she

page I have up on the

you are…

to read my messy scrawl

to the ones at the top. “Can

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

by translating that word as Shadow it

I

it?” She

I say, pushing the final sheet, which now

that I had been working on, towards

leans down, frowning as she reads

and although there are still parts

read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the page.

are subspecies of the wraith family… What

I ask, sitting back and

as I stare at the image

with smoke and shadows surrounding

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

we had all tried to find out what we were dealing

a host to survive and to gain a

in them disguising themselves in the identity of their

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are

present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless

upon driving a weapon made of

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns to

is what

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

did you even figure that out?” She

I

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be called

help is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies

realisation dawning on

high levels of energy wanting to either simply linger

intentions they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can

how will we find

about that… “Leave

looking at

I hold out my

later, and I am now near the caverns. I had

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at me.

sense of smell is obviously

at Alejandro

I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara

those who had been injured

her to sort their sh*t

going to interfere?” I ask Dante. He

listen.” He says

not a g***amn child.”

Now get the f**k out of

stop me. At my age, you did a

her eyes blazing a reddish

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

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

She growls.

is, since he only had an issue

this. You causing

rolls off him,

and anger consuming her and she’s trying to

shifting.

her and Skyla clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

voice shaking with anger, before

and I

After all,

isn’t going to do any of them

is half a mile from here.” I

they are armed with the bullets we created.

men?”

hundred out

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

my back is ready… and

me, I will handle those.” Dante

stepping forward,

nod, as Alejandro walks

ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan step

exactly we are going

them a nod as the Five step up behind me, and

we all run

only one who stays with me,

he doesn’t.

pretty fast and