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 everyone in as

prepare.

I need to check. I will

turning away once more. I needed to check this…. “Delsanra,

with me for a moment?” I ask,

before hurrying

apartment.

be gone in the fire, but I had scanned pretty

ease.

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books

when we might need some information from

onto something.”

I can’t get overly confident until I am

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

A place that remains untouched. Everyone else

needed to know what we are up against to win. He

and I plan to

as time

here, the longer they suffer in

onto something… but f**k, knowing they are

Fear of what may happen to her

in front of me are

She trails off,

don’t reply, looking back at the page I have up on

you are…

read my messy scrawl

ones at the

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

by translating that word as Shadow it gave me enough to work

work if I took it as the key to

has it?” She

say, pushing the final sheet, which now

been working on, towards

down, frowning as she reads the

was a language long forgotten… and although

damaged to read, or

sense overall.

as she scans

wraith family…

you sure?” I ask, sitting back

page, as I stare at the image depicting

with smoke and

from a human, we

all tried to find out what we were

a host to survive and to gain a solid physical

themselves in the identity of their hosts.

Wraiths

Wraiths cannot be

weapon made

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns to

what

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

how… did you… how did you even figure that

f**king late, though.” I say quietly, entering my

is discovered, it can be called

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

dawning on her. “Wraiths

energy wanting to either simply linger by these

on the wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get those

we find

an idea about that… “Leave that to me… Can you call

at her

and I hold

now near the caverns. I had made one

before getting here.

right. Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling

it, but his sense of smell

nod as I glance back at Alejandro who

long ago, and I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had stayed

injured in the explosions, but

her to

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

won’t listen.” He

not a g***amn child.” Skyla

Now get the

me. At my age, you did a lot

eyes blazing

home.” Alejandro snarls to one of his

not just going to sit by whilst Azura is

She growls.

had

have time for this. You causing a

rolls off him, and

and anger consuming her and she’s trying

shifting.

from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at

heart thundering.

her voice shaking with anger,

at her dad, and I feel

concern. After all,

going to do any of them

caverns is half a

are armed with the bullets we

men?”

hundred out front.”

we go get this d**n wraith.” Jax

my back is ready… and I have

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

says, stepping forward,

as Alejandro walks

as Dad

them where exactly we are going to

say, giving them a nod

blaze as we

who stays with me, and

me, he

reach the caverns pretty fast and