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. 

scared of.” Jax countered. The tension seemed to

I added, holding Azura

about you Luna?  Scared?”

Just  thinking how you all grew up here…” She  said,

past.” Jin said to her with a small

to see them warming up

the faint light ahead, and as one we all

She murmured as we rounded the corner into what was

of all life,

‘Yeah?” 

me a gun?’ She asked as I lowered my gun slowly,

replied

fucking

quick walk around, almost as if to check if

as Dan went over to the door, blowing off the lock and kicking open the door ahead, gun at the ready.

… Leo, I think this is the substance

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

poison.” I stood up scanning the room. Emmet wasn’t done…  from this room it was obvious he was  planning to make many

Far more… 

have been doing this all alone, right?” Azura voiced the very  thought that was in my mind.

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

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

passed, and we had probably been 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 paid

try calling. Dan, take some samples and see if you can find any scents or any clue… We  have the fucking dinner tomorrow, too. We need to get this shit

eyes fixed on the floor. She had been walking around and crouching down at times, but as long as she

business party Beautiful, and

“We’ll see.” She answered, making

we have a new boss.” He  smirked. 2

around the edge… in the dirt some of these shoe prints look big… like an 11…” She said peering up at me from where

her, trying not  to stare at her ass as I crouched next to  her, my gaze dipping to the footprints. They were faint, but she had a

in or work boots, but definitely not something to

excel in?”

I’m excellent with different weapons. Mama taught me to fight, and she’s relentless and tracking was another I’m pretty neat at. Just don’t

She replied.