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…

to move out. I’ll fill everyone in as

prepare.

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

more. I needed to check this….

moment?” I ask,

before hurrying over and we head towards

apartment.

in the fire, but I had scanned pretty much most

to look through them with ease.

that were pretty damaged.

didn’t have all these

might need some

something.” She

get overly

It’s about half an hour later and we are

that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

I needed to know what

of times and I plan to finish this once

as

I’m here, the longer

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

Fear of what may happen to her is rising as I

papers in front of me

trails off, as she

back at the page I have up

you are…

read my messy

ones at the top. “Can work

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it

check if it would work if I took it

has it?”

pushing the final sheet, which now

had been

frowning as she reads

and although

too damaged to read, or simply not fully readable, it

sense overall.

heart thunders as she

subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth…

ask, sitting back and looking up

the page, as I stare at the

smoke and

from a human, we hadn’t paid it any

tried to find out what we were

survive and to gain

in the identity of

Wraiths

cannot be killed

taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure

Nightshade,

their necks.” She

what

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

you

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

the Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered,

very limited. Wraiths feed on

says realisation dawning on

levels of energy wanting to

will devour these

he wants Azura…”

“Can you

we

an idea about that… “Leave that to me…

at

and I hold

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

before getting here.

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

it, but his sense of smell

glance back at Alejandro

sure which one is angrier. Kiara

had been injured

needed her to sort their

Dante. He

won’t listen.” He

g***amn child.”

f**king are. Now get the f**k out

my age, you did

eyes blazing a reddish

isn’t up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls

to sit by whilst Azura is out there!

She growls.

kinda is, since he only had an issue with his daughter being

time for this. You causing a

rolls off him, and I see Skyla’s

consuming her and

shifting.

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

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking with anger, before she casts

at her dad, and I

all, she is his daughter…

to do any of them

half a mile from

are armed with the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

least two hundred out front.”

about we go get this d**n wraith.” Jax

back is ready… and

will handle those.” Dante says,

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

nod, as Alejandro walks

as Dad and Rayhan

them where exactly we are

I say, giving them a nod as the Five step up

as we all run

only one who stays with me, and even when the

he

reach the caverns pretty fast and my