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…

back to the table, “We prepare to

prepare.

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

I needed to check this…. “Delsanra,

moment?” I ask, turning to the white-

looks up and nods before hurrying over and

apartment.

fire, but I had scanned pretty much

computer to look through them with ease. I had also tried

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated

knows when we might need some information

something.” She

reply. I can’t get overly confident until

about half an hour

place that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone ahead,

I needed to know what we are up

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

rising as time slips by. I needed to find

longer they suffer in Judah’s

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

what may happen to her is rising as I

the papers in front of me are

off, as

I

you are…

messy scrawl and I sit

ones at the top.

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

Shadow it gave me enough to

it would work if I took

has it?” She

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

that I had been

down, frowning as she reads the

long forgotten… and although

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

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans the

are subspecies of the wraith family… What on earth… they don’t

sitting back and looking up

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

smoke and shadows

far from a

we had all tried to find out what we

Wraiths take a host to survive and to gain a solid

in them disguising themselves in

strength, Shadow Wraiths are even

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true names

driving a weapon made of

Nightshade,

into their necks.” She turns to

what

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

did you even figure

f**king late, though.” I

is discovered, it can

its help is very limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her.

high levels of energy wanting to

wraith’s intentions they will devour

he wants Azura…”

I say coldly. “Can you get those

away, but… how will we find his

that… “Leave that to me…

at

I

and I am now near the caverns. I had made

before getting here.

Her scent lingers.” Dante says, smiling faintly

smell is obviously

at Alejandro who

and I’m not sure which one

had been injured in the

needed her to sort

interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances back at

listen.”

a g***amn child.”

f**king are. Now get the f**k out of here.” Alejandro

stop me. At my age,

back, her eyes blazing a reddish

her home.” Alejandro snarls to one

sit by whilst Azura is out

She growls.

is, since he only had an issue with his daughter

You causing a scene

Alejandro’s command rolls off

anger consuming her and she’s

shifting.

turns away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she

heart thundering.

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

at her dad, and I feel a little bad

understand Alejandro’s concern. After all, she is his

to do

half a

with the bullets we created. Do we know

men?”

hundred out front.” Jin

about we go get this d**n

my back is ready… and I have everything I

the bullets to me, I will handle those.” Dante

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

nod, as Alejandro walks over to

ready?” He asks, as Dad

had already told them where exactly we are going to

giving them a nod as

blaze as we

stays with me,

me, he

and my heart thunders when I catch