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.

I need to check. I will catch

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

come with me for a moment?” I

hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

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

computer to look through them with ease. I

that were pretty damaged.

have all these books duplicated and

we might need some

something.”

get overly confident until I am

Delsanra asks. It’s about half

place that remains untouched. Everyone

know what we are up

times and I plan to finish

mind is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by.

I’m here, the longer they suffer in Judah’s

but f**k, knowing they are out

what may happen to her is rising as I keep on

of me are full of

She trails off, as she

back at the page I have up on the screen.

you are…

struggles to read my messy

say, pointing to the ones

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

translating that word as Shadow it gave me

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

has it?”

pushing the

been working on,

as she reads the

a language long forgotten… and although there are still parts

read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she scans the

wraith family… What on earth… they

sitting back and looking

at the page, as I stare at the image depicting a

and

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

to find

Wraiths take a host to survive and to gain

themselves in the identity of their hosts.

speed and strength, Shadow Wraiths

present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true names

driving a weapon made

Nightshade,

and Harpagophytum into their necks.” She turns to me.

what

up. I have a

how… did you… how did you

late, though.” I

discovered, it can

very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies to

says realisation dawning

levels of energy wanting to either simply linger by these

intentions they will devour these beings…

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you get those

away, but… how will we find his real

an idea about that… “Leave that to

at

and I hold out

I am now near the caverns. I had made

before getting here.

Dante says, smiling faintly

his sense of smell is obviously far

I glance back at Alejandro who is

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

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

her to sort

I ask Dante.

won’t listen.” He says

not a g***amn child.”

f**king are. Now get the

me. At my age, you did a lot more than this.”

back, her eyes blazing

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

just going to sit by whilst Azura is

She growls.

only had an issue with his

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

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

consuming her and she’s trying to

shifting.

Skyla clenches her jaw before she looks at

heart thundering.

says, her voice shaking with anger, before

and I feel a little bad

After all, she is his daughter…

isn’t going to do any of them

caverns is half a mile from here.”

with the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

hundred

get this d**n wraith.”

sword on my back is ready… and I have everything I

me, I will handle those.”

Raihana says, stepping forward, her power c**ckling around

Alejandro walks over

ready?” He asks, as

exactly we are going

a nod as the Five step up behind me,

as we all run

stays with me, and even when the

he doesn’t.

fast and my heart