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…

table, “We prepare to move out. I’ll fill

prepare.

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

I

me for a moment?” I ask, turning to the

before hurrying over and

apartment.

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

computer to look through them with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

idiots didn’t have all these books

might need

something.”

can’t get overly confident until I

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

remains untouched. Everyone else has

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

I plan

the pressure rising as

I’m here, the longer they

something… but f**k, knowing

to her

in front of me are

off, as

page I

you are…

to read my messy

symbols.” I say, pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work to decode

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

it gave me enough

it would work if I

it?” She

it f**king has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now

that I had been

as she

a language long forgotten… and although there are

damaged to read, or simply not

sense overall.

thunders as she scans the

of the wraith family… What on

ask, sitting back and looking up at

I stare at

with smoke and

the picture was so far from a human, we

we had all tried to find out what we

Wraiths take a host to survive and to gain a

in them disguising themselves in the identity of their hosts.

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are

present. Wraiths cannot be killed

weapon made

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns

is what he

up. I have a sword which is

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

late, though.” I

Wraith’s name is discovered,

is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies

says realisation dawning

energy wanting to

intentions they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

“Can you get those

how will we find his real name?”

frown, I had an idea about that… “Leave that to

looking at

I hold out my

and I am now near

before getting here.

Dante says,

sense of smell is obviously

glance back at Alejandro who is arguing with

ago, and I’m not sure which one is angrier.

those who had been injured in the explosions, but I think right

her to sort their

Dante. He glances back

listen.”

not a g***amn child.” Skyla

Now get the f**k out of here.” Alejandro

age, you did a lot more than this.”

eyes blazing a reddish

home.” Alejandro

Azura is out there! You

She growls.

since he only had an

don’t have time for this. You causing

command rolls

and she’s trying

shifting.

from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at

heart thundering.

her voice shaking

and I feel

concern. After all, she is his

going to do any

caverns is half a mile from

with the bullets we created. Do we know

men?”

two hundred out front.” Jin

go get this d**n wraith.”

my back is ready… and I

the bullets to me, I will

forward,

nod, as Alejandro walks over to

as Dad and

had already told them where exactly we are

a nod

we

stays with me, and even when the rest shift –

he doesn’t.

fast and my heart