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

prepare.

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

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

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

before hurrying over and we

apartment.

in the fire, but I had scanned

through them with ease.

that were pretty damaged.

sure why these idiots didn’t have all these books

we might need some information from

something.” She

I can’t get overly confident

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

untouched. Everyone else has

know what we are up

lot of times and I plan to finish this once and for

as time

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

f**k, knowing they are out there

may happen to her

in front of me

off, as she

looking back at the page I have up on the screen.

you are…

struggles to read my messy

to the ones at the top. “Can

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

as Shadow it gave me enough to work

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

has it?”

f**king has.” I say, pushing the final

had been working

down, frowning as

forgotten… and

that are too damaged to read, or simply not

sense overall.

heart thunders as she scans the

are subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth… they

sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking up at

back at the page, as I stare at the

smoke and shadows

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

had all tried to find

Wraiths take a host to survive and

disguising themselves in the identity of

strength, Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true names

driving a weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns to me.

what he

so…” I say, standing up. I have a

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

though.” I say

Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be called on

limited. Wraiths feed on high

says realisation dawning

energy wanting to either

the wraith’s intentions they will

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can

but… how will we find his real name?” She

that… “Leave that to me… Can you

at her

nods and I hold out my

later, and I am now near the caverns. I had

before getting here.

were right. Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly at

sense of smell is obviously far better than

at Alejandro

I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had

been injured in the

her to

ask Dante.

won’t listen.”

a g***amn

Now get the f**k out of

me. At my age, you did a

eyes blazing a reddish

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

to sit by whilst Azura is out there! You are

She growls.

he only had an issue with his daughter being

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

Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I see

and anger consuming her and

shifting.

clenches her jaw before she looks

heart thundering.

her.” She says, her voice shaking with anger, before

her dad, and I feel a little bad

all, she is his daughter… but

do any of them any

entrance to the caverns is half a mile from here.” I say,

and they are armed with the bullets we created. Do

men?”

two hundred out front.”

go get

on my back is ready… and I

will handle those.” Dante says,

forward, her power

Alejandro walks over

He asks, as

had already told them where exactly we

a nod as the Five step up behind

as we all

who stays with me, and even when

me, he doesn’t.

and my