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…

to move out. I’ll fill everyone in as

prepare.

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

away once more. I needed to check this…. “Delsanra,

for a moment?” I ask,

before hurrying over and we head

apartment.

may be gone in the fire, but I had scanned pretty much most of it

computer to look through them with ease. I had also

that were pretty damaged.

these idiots didn’t have all these books duplicated

might need some information

onto something.”

I can’t get overly confident until I am

half an hour later

that remains untouched. Everyone else has gone

me I needed to know what we are up

us a lot of times and I plan

mind is spinning, the pressure rising as time slips by. I needed to

longer I’m here, the longer they

I’m onto something… but f**k, knowing

what may happen to her is rising as I keep

of

She trails off, as she

reply, looking back at the page I have up on the screen. So

you are…

messy scrawl and I sit

ones

entire page… Shadow.”

frowns before glancing at

“Shadows?” She asks.

that word as Shadow it gave me

if I took

it?”

I say, pushing the final sheet, which now contains

had been working on,

down, frowning as she

language long forgotten… and although there are still

read, or simply

sense overall.

Her heart thunders as she scans the

subspecies of the wraith family…

sitting

as I

smoke and

far from a

we had all tried to find out

to survive and to gain a solid physical

in the identity

Shadow Wraiths are even stronger

Wraiths cannot be killed unless their true

driving a weapon

Nightshade,

Harpagophytum into their necks.” She

what he

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

you… how did you even

I say quietly,

name is discovered, it can be called

limited. Wraiths feed on high levels of energies to

Delsanra says realisation dawning on her.

to either simply linger by

will devour these beings…

he wants Azura…”

say coldly. “Can

Right away, but… how will we find

frown, I had an idea about that… “Leave that

looking at

nods and I hold out my

and I am now near the caverns.

before getting here.

scent lingers.” Dante

smell is obviously

at Alejandro who

which one is angrier.

those who had been injured in

needed her to

interfere?” I ask Dante. He glances back

Dad won’t listen.”

g***amn

get the

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

her eyes blazing a

Take her home.” Alejandro

going to sit by whilst Azura

She growls.

only had an

don’t have time for this. You causing a

command rolls off him, and I see

rage and anger consuming her and

shifting.

turns away from her and Skyla clenches her jaw

heart thundering.

She says, her voice shaking with anger,

at her dad, and I

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

isn’t going to do any of them any

half a mile from

bullets

men?”

hundred

get

ready… and I have everything

the bullets to me, I will handle

me.” Raihana says, stepping forward, her power

Alejandro walks

ready?” He asks, as Dad

where exactly we are going to attack

I say, giving them a nod as the Five step

blaze as we all

who stays with me, and even when the rest shift

me, he doesn’t.

caverns pretty fast and my