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…

the table, “We prepare to move out. I’ll

prepare.

and move out. There’s something I

more. I needed

moment?” I ask, turning to

hurrying over and we head

apartment.

in the fire, but

them with ease.

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books

might need some information from

something.” She

can’t get overly confident until I am

asks. It’s about half

A place that remains untouched. Everyone else

told me I needed to know what we

times and I plan to finish this once and

as

longer they suffer

onto something… but f**k, knowing they

may happen to her is rising

of me are full of

is…” She trails off,

the page I have up on the screen. So that’s

you are…

my messy scrawl

I say, pointing to the ones at

entire page… Shadow.”

before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it gave me enough to

to check if it would work if I took it as the key to

it?”

pushing the final sheet, which now

I had been

frowning as she

language long forgotten… and

are too damaged to read, or simply

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans the page.

wraith family…

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

page, as I stare

and shadows

picture was so far from a human,

we had all tried to find out what we were dealing

host to survive and to gain a solid

disguising themselves in the

Shadow Wraiths are

shadows present. Wraiths cannot be killed

weapon made of

Nightshade,

their necks.” She turns to me. “Do you

what he

so…” I say, standing up. I have

did you… how did you

I say

Shadow Wraith’s name is discovered, it can

Wraiths feed on

Delsanra says realisation dawning

energy wanting to either simply linger

wraith’s intentions they will devour these beings… This

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you

away, but… how will we find his real

that… “Leave

looking at her

and I hold out

near the caverns. I had made

before getting here.

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

smell is

glance back at Alejandro who

not sure which one is angrier. Kiara had

those who had been injured in the explosions,

needed her to

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

won’t listen.” He says

a g***amn child.” Skyla

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

stop me. At my age, you did a

eyes blazing

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

whilst Azura is out there!

She growls.

he only had

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

home.” Alejandro’s command rolls off him, and I see

anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop herself

shifting.

her and Skyla clenches her jaw before she

heart thundering.

shaking with anger,

I feel

concern. After all, she

do any of them

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

are armed with the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

two hundred out

how about we go get

my back is ready… and I have

I will handle those.” Dante

says, stepping forward, her power

Alejandro walks

we ready?” He asks, as Dad

told them where exactly we are

say, giving them a nod as

we all

who stays with me,

he

caverns pretty fast and my heart thunders