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…

turn back to the table, “We prepare to move out. I’ll fill everyone

prepare.

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

more. I needed to check

me for a moment?” I ask, turning to the white-

up and nods before hurrying over and

apartment.

fire, but I had scanned pretty much most

them with ease. I had also tried to restore

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books

when we might need

onto something.”

I can’t get overly confident until I am

it, Leo?” Delsanra asks. It’s about half an hour later and

that remains untouched.

I needed to know what we are up against

of times and I plan to finish

as

I’m here, the longer they suffer in

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

may happen to her is rising as I keep on

papers in front of

off, as

I have up on

you are…

struggles to read my messy

to the ones at the top. “Can work to

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing

“Shadows?” She asks.

Shadow it gave

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

has it?” She

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

had been

down, frowning as

and

damaged to read, or simply not fully

sense overall.

Wraiths…” Her heart thunders as she

of the wraith family… What on earth… they

sitting back and

at the page, as I

with smoke and

so far from a human, we hadn’t

tried to find out what

survive and to gain

in the identity

strength, Shadow Wraiths are even

present. Wraiths cannot be

and taken, upon driving a weapon made of pure iron

Nightshade,

necks.” She turns to me. “Do

is what

think so…” I say, standing up. I have

how… did you… how did you

late, though.” I

discovered, it can

limited. Wraiths feed on high levels

realisation dawning on her. “Wraiths sense

wanting to

they will devour these

he wants Azura…”

coldly. “Can you

away, but… how will we find his

about that… “Leave that

at her

I

near the caverns.

before getting here.

lingers.” Dante

of smell is obviously far better than

I glance back at Alejandro

long ago, and I’m not sure which one is angrier. Kiara

had been injured in the

to

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

won’t listen.”

not a g***amn child.”

Now get the f**k out of here.”

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

eyes blazing a reddish

her home.”

to sit by whilst Azura is

She growls.

since he only had

don’t have time for this. You causing

command rolls off him, and

anger consuming her and she’s trying to stop

shifting.

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

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking with anger, before

and I feel a little

Alejandro’s concern. After all, she is his daughter…

going to do any of them any

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

with the bullets we created. Do we

men?”

two hundred out front.” Jin

go get this d**n wraith.” Jax

on my back is ready… and I have everything

I will handle those.” Dante says,

stepping forward, her power c**ckling

as Alejandro walks over to

as Dad and Rayhan

where exactly we are going

them a nod as the Five

we

with me, and even when the rest

me, he

the caverns pretty fast and my heart