Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire

84. Where it Began 

LEO. 

“I remember this place.” Jin said quietly, looking around. It was me, Azura, Jax and Dan as well. Ace and Li Sheng were still trying to track down Judah. 

We had come fully equipped just in case  shit went down and I had Azura with us. I  would not risk anything and intended to ask Raihana or maybe even Delsanra to  place a protective spell around her, just in  case something happened. I needed her and our pup safe. 

“Who doesn’t?” I replied to Jin. We spoke quietly, yet our voices seemed to echo  through the dark tunnels, bouncing off the walls and reaching our ears. 

It had taken us two hours to get here, and now, with each passing moment, that dark feeling of foreboding grew. I looked  around the darkness. I could still feel the  darkness hanging in the air… as if a shadow of her presence remained within these caverns. 

My gaze went to the far wall. Just when  we turned a bend, I remember when she had created a child Wendigo… Yet even as  a monster; the child was a child… its eerie  wailing chilled me to the core, and I  remember her throwing it against the  wall and killing it… spreading blood and  guts across that entire wall… 3 

I had to clean it… 

When people hear that I have a sharp memory and can remember pretty much  everything, they say I’m lucky or are  simply impressed… sometimes…  sometimes forgetting things is a  blessing… 

“Leo.” Azura’s voice pulled me from the  darkest corners of my mind, and I  exhaled slowly. 

I tried to get rid of the dark, damp smell  that filled my nose, a smell I was so used to while growing up. 

Jax scuffed his foot over the floor, and I saw a bone beneath his feet. “This place is hidden by magic, but it’s a shame it’s not fucking burned down.” 

“Didn’t the Lycan king try to destroy it?” Jin asked, looking around slowly. 

“I don’t know… I didn’t want to know…” I  murmured. The caverns had a few  entrances but only our pack really knew those, and some were extremely hard to  get to, or even blocked. 

Like the one I had helped Delsanra escape  through all those years ago. 

Dan frowned, scanning the paths ahead.” I don’t think any amount of magic or power could destroy this place… Can you guys not feel the heaviness in the air? Darkness and evil remain here…” 

“Then is it fucking smart to be down  here? Don’t want to disturb anything.” 

Jax added, kicking some bones out of his  way. 

I raised an eyebrow. I thought he didn’t fucking want to disturb shit. 

“Scared?” Dan grinned, looking at Jax. 

Jax countered.

been down here. I don’t think that will make a difference.” I

you Luna?  Scared?”

thinking Kiara’s been down here too… Just  thinking how you all grew up here…” She

said to her with a

good to see them warming

as one we all readied our guns, making Azura raise

She murmured as we rounded the

empty of all

‘Yeah?” 

gun… so will you give me a gun?’ She asked as I lowered my gun slowly, taking in the equipment, the fridges, the boxes

I replied

fucking

so confident that no one would find this place.” Dan murmured, as he did a quick walk around, almost as if to check if there was someone hiding just in  case, but I could tell from the scent no one had been here

door. Is there  anything else in there?” I asked as Dan went over to the door, blowing off the lock and kicking open the door

like supplies… and … Leo, I think this is the substance that was

crossed the room, taking Azura with me  as I entered the smaller room, a room  that was fucking full of products. Crouching down,

Emmet wasn’t done…  from this room it was obvious he was  planning to make many more too.” I picked

Far more… 

been doing this all alone, right?” Azura voiced the very  thought that was

don’t know… it was possible, but it would mean being away from the pack more often than not… and he wasn’t away  that

want cameras out in the woods around here and Jax, clear this shit out. All of it.” I commanded, turning away and re- entering

through most of the cavern, aside from the rooms sealed shut by Endora. The rest was stripped and searched thoroughly. We found a little paperwork and some numbers of buyers and suppliers, but nothing strong enough or solid enough to explain much about how he

you can find

went to Azura, who was walking along the edge of the wall, her eyes fixed on the floor. She had been walking around and crouching down at times, but as long as she didn’t venture far,

Cartel business party Beautiful, and 

“We’ll see.” She answered,

think we have a new boss.” He

a  small foot… like it’s a size 8 or 9… if you look around the edge… in the dirt some of these shoe prints look big… like an 11…”

I crouched next to  her, my gaze dipping to the footprints. They were faint,

being brought in or work boots, but definitely not something to overlook… nice going Luna.” Jax added with a wink.

in?” Dan asked her.

tracking was

She replied.