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…

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

prepare.

I need to check. I will

turning away once more. I

with me for a moment?” I ask, turning

nods before hurrying over and we head

apartment.

be gone in the fire, but I had

look through them with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all

when we might need some information from

something.”

get

half an hour later and we

remains untouched. Everyone else

what we are up

and I plan to

the pressure rising as

longer I’m here, the longer they suffer

but f**k, knowing they are out there is

may happen to her is rising as I keep on

the papers in front of me are full

She trails off, as she leans

reply, looking back at the page I

you are…

my messy scrawl and I sit

to the ones at the top. “Can work to decode

entire page… Shadow.”

before

“Shadows?” She asks.

translating that word as Shadow it

I took it as the

it?”

I say, pushing the final

I had been working on,

frowning as she reads the

a language long forgotten… and although

read,

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans

are subspecies of the wraith family…

sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking

at the page, as I stare at

with smoke and

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

tried to find out what

to survive and to gain a solid

disguising themselves in the identity

strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

cannot be

weapon made of pure iron coated

Nightshade,

and Harpagophytum into their necks.” She turns to me. “Do you

is what he

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

you… how did you even figure

I say quietly, entering my

the Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it

help is very limited. Wraiths feed

realisation dawning

to

wraith’s intentions they will devour these beings…

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you get

away, but… how will we find his

that… “Leave that to me… Can you

at her

and I hold out my

and I am now near the caverns. I had made one last

before getting here.

Dante says,

sense of smell is obviously far better

nod as I glance back at Alejandro who

and I’m not sure which one is

been injured in the explosions, but I think

her to sort their sh*t

going to interfere?” I ask Dante.

listen.”

a g***amn child.” Skyla

get the f**k out

me. At my age,

her eyes blazing a

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

sit by whilst Azura is out there!

She growls.

had an

I don’t have time for this. You causing a scene is delaying

rolls off

rage and anger consuming her and she’s

shifting.

her and Skyla clenches

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking with

and I feel a little

concern. After all, she

going to do any of them any

is half a mile from

with the bullets we created. Do

men?”

least two hundred

go get this d**n wraith.” Jax

on my back is ready… and I have

I will handle

forward, her

nod, as Alejandro walks over

asks, as

already told them where exactly

do this.” I say, giving them a nod as

blaze as we

who stays with me, and even when

he doesn’t.

and