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…

prepare to move out. I’ll fill everyone in as

prepare.

and move out. There’s something I need to check.

more. I needed to check this…. “Delsanra,

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

hurrying over and we

apartment.

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

them with ease. I had

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all these books

we might need some

onto something.” She

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

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

that remains untouched.

I needed to know what we are up against

of times and I plan to finish this

spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by. I needed to find

here, the longer they suffer in

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

what may happen to her is rising as I keep on

the papers in front of me are full

trails off,

the page I have up on the

you are…

messy scrawl

to the ones at the top.

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

Shadow it

check if it would work if I took it as the key to cr**k the

has it?” She

has.” I say, pushing the final sheet,

had been working

down, frowning as she reads the

a language long forgotten… and although

to read, or

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the

family… What on earth…

sitting back and looking up at

back at the page, as I stare at the image

smoke and

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

all tried to find

a host to survive and to gain a solid physical

in

speed and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true names

taken, upon driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

necks.” She turns

what

standing up. I have a sword which is

did you even figure that out?”

I say quietly, entering my weapon

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered,

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

says realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths

to either simply linger

wraith’s intentions they will devour these beings… This is

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get those

Right away, but… how will we find his real

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

at

nods and I hold

I am now near the caverns. I

before getting here.

scent lingers.” Dante

it, but his sense of smell is

at Alejandro who

not long ago, and I’m not sure which

had been injured in the explosions, but I think right

needed her to sort their

to interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances back at them and

won’t listen.”

g***amn child.”

the f**k out of here.”

stop me. At my age, you did a lot

her eyes blazing a reddish

home.” Alejandro snarls to one

just going to sit by whilst Azura is

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had

for this. You causing a scene

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

rage and anger consuming her and she’s trying to

shifting.

from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at me,

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking with anger,

dad, and I feel a little

concern. After all, she is his

isn’t going to do any

a mile from here.” I say,

they are armed with the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

least two hundred out front.”

we go get

my back is ready… and

I will handle

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power

as Alejandro walks

He asks, as Dad and

had already told them where exactly we are

them a nod as the

as we

the only one who stays with me, and even when

me, he doesn’t.

fast and my heart thunders