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…

“We prepare to

prepare.

move out. There’s something I need to check.

more. I needed to

moment?” I

before hurrying

apartment.

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

with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

have all these books duplicated

when we might need some information

something.” She

can’t get overly confident until I

about half an hour later and we are

untouched. Everyone else has

I needed to know what we are

us a lot of times and I plan to finish

mind is spinning, the pressure rising as time

longer they suffer in

something… but f**k, knowing they are

what may happen to her is rising as I

the papers in front of

off,

looking back at the page I have up on the

you are…

to read my messy scrawl and

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

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before

“Shadows?” She asks.

translating that word as Shadow it gave me enough

it would work if I took

it?”

pushing the final sheet, which now contains

that I had been working

as she reads

forgotten… and although there are still parts of

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

sense overall.

as she

family… What on earth… they don’t

sure?” I ask, sitting back and looking

I stare at the

with smoke and

a human, we

to find out what we were

host to survive and to gain a

in

and strength, Shadow Wraiths are even

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their

driving a weapon

Nightshade,

She turns to me. “Do you

is what he

up. I have a sword which is fully

how… did you… how did you even

late, though.” I say quietly, entering

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can

help is very limited. Wraiths feed on

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her.

energy wanting to either simply linger by these

the wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

“Can you

will we find his real name?”

“Leave that

at

nods and I hold out my

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

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante says,

smell is obviously far better

back at Alejandro who is arguing with Skyla. She had

not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had stayed

heal those who had been injured in the

to sort

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

Dad won’t listen.”

a g***amn child.” Skyla

the f**k out of here.” Alejandro

you can’t stop me. At my age, you did a lot more than

eyes blazing

up for debate. Take her home.” Alejandro snarls

Azura is

She growls.

since he only had

for this. You causing a scene is delaying things

command rolls off him, and I see

and anger consuming her and she’s trying

shifting.

her and Skyla clenches her jaw before

heart thundering.

voice shaking with anger, before she

her dad, and I feel

Alejandro’s concern. After all,

going to do any of

the caverns is half a mile from here.” I say, “He

they are armed with the bullets we created. Do

men?”

two hundred

go get this d**n wraith.”

back is ready… and I have everything

me, I will handle those.” Dante says,

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power

as Alejandro walks over to

we ready?” He asks, as Dad

already told them where exactly we are going to

nod as

as we all

with me, and even

me, he doesn’t.

fast and my heart thunders when