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…

prepare to

prepare.

I need to

I needed to check

for a moment?” I ask, turning to

up and nods before hurrying over

apartment.

the fire, but I had

through them with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

have all these

when we might need

something.” She

get overly confident until

about half an hour later

untouched. Everyone else has gone

told me I needed to know what we are

a lot of times and I plan to finish

pressure rising as time slips by. I needed

here, the longer they

onto something… but f**k, knowing

her is rising as I keep on making

front of

She trails off,

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

you are…

messy scrawl

I say, pointing to the ones at the top. “Can work to decode

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

translating that word as Shadow it gave me enough to

would work if I took it

has it?” She

it f**king has.” I say, pushing the final sheet, which now contains

I had been

frowning as she

a language long forgotten… and although there are still parts

too damaged to read, or

sense overall.

heart thunders as she

family… What on earth…

I ask, sitting back and looking up

at the page, as I stare at the

smoke and shadows

so far from a

all tried to find out what we were dealing

a host to survive and to gain

themselves in the

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are

be killed unless

a weapon made of pure

Nightshade,

She turns to me.

is what

standing up. I

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

little f**king late, though.” I

the Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can be

is very limited. Wraiths feed on

says realisation dawning on her.

of energy wanting to either simply

on the wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can you get those

but… how will we find his

that… “Leave

at

nods and I hold

later, and I am now near the

before getting here.

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

it, but his sense of smell is obviously far better than

back at Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla. She

and I’m not sure which one

injured in the explosions,

to sort

interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances back

Dad won’t listen.”

not a g***amn child.”

are. Now get the f**k out of here.”

At my age, you did a lot more than

eyes blazing a

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

by whilst Azura is out

She growls.

since he only had an issue with his daughter

time for this. You causing a scene is delaying

rolls off

and anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop herself

shifting.

away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before

heart thundering.

her voice shaking with anger, before she

her dad, and I feel a little bad for

After all,

do any

caverns is half a mile from here.” I

the bullets we created. Do we know how

men?”

hundred out front.”

we go get this d**n

on my back is ready… and I

the bullets to me, I will handle

says, stepping forward, her

Alejandro

we ready?” He asks, as

already told them where exactly we are going

say, giving them a nod as the Five

we

with me, and even

me, he doesn’t.

fast and my heart thunders