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…

turn back to the table, “We prepare to move out. I’ll

prepare.

move out. There’s something I

turning away once more. I needed

come with me for a moment?” I ask, turning to the white- haired

and nods before hurrying over and we

apartment.

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

them with ease. I

that were pretty damaged.

have all these

when we might need some information from

something.” She

don’t reply. I can’t get

asks. It’s about half an hour later and

that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone ahead,

know what we are up

I

rising as time slips

longer they suffer

but f**k,

what may happen to her is rising as

in front of me

trails off,

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

you are…

struggles to read my messy scrawl and

the ones at the top. “Can work to

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me enough to work

trying to check if it would work if I

it?”

say, pushing

that I had been working on,

leans down, frowning as she

and although there

to read, or simply not fully readable, it

sense overall.

thunders as she

the wraith family…

sitting back

at the page, as I stare at the image depicting

and shadows surrounding

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

all tried to find out what

Wraiths take a host to survive and to

themselves in

strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

cannot be killed

and taken, upon driving a weapon made of

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns to me.

is what he

so…” I say, standing up. I have a

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

late, though.” I say quietly, entering

name is discovered, it can be called

Wraiths feed on high levels of

says realisation dawning on

to either simply linger by

they will devour

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you get

but… how will we find his real name?”

had an idea about that… “Leave that to

looking at

I hold out

near the caverns. I had

before getting here.

right. Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly

sense of smell is

glance back at Alejandro who

which one is angrier.

been injured in

to

going to interfere?” I ask Dante.

listen.” He says

not a g***amn child.” Skyla

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

me. At my age, you

eyes blazing a reddish

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

just going to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are so d**n

She growls.

only had

I don’t have time for this. You causing

home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him,

and she’s

shifting.

her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she

heart thundering.

her.” She says, her voice shaking

dad, and I feel a little bad for

concern. After all,

going to do any of

entrance to the caverns is half a

and they are armed with the bullets we created. Do

men?”

least two hundred out front.” Jin

we go get this

my back is ready… and I

the bullets to me, I will handle those.” Dante says,

says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling

as Alejandro walks over

ready?” He asks, as Dad and Rayhan

where exactly we are going to attack

a nod as the Five

as we all

is the only one who stays with me, and even when

he

fast and my heart