Alpha Leo and the Heart of Fire novel Chapter 84

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.

“Not really, there’s very little I’m scared of.” Jax countered. The tension seemed to

lift a little.

“Emmet’s been down here. I don’t think that will make a difference.” I added, holding Azura tight as we walked down a narrow winding path.

Jax nodded. “What about you Luna?

Scared?”

“No, not at all… I was just thinking Kiara’s been down here too… Just

thinking how you all grew up here…” She

said, frowning slightly.

“Luckily, it’s all in the past.” Jin said to her with a small smile.

It was good to see them warming up to

her.

We slowed down seeing the faint light ahead, and as one we all readied our guns, making Azura raise an eyebrow.

‘That was damn sexy.’ She murmured as we rounded the corner into what was obviously a makeshift lab.

The place was empty of all life, though.

‘Yeah?”

‘Oh yeah, you look sexy with a gun… so will you give me a gun?’ She asked as I lowered my gun slowly, taking in the equipment, the fridges, the boxes that lay

to stare at her ass as I crouched next to

her, my gaze dipping to the footprints. They were faint, but she had a point…

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

“What do you excel in?” Dan asked her.

“Weapons, 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 tell me to handle academic stuff. I dislike studies.”

She replied.

“No worries, you got Leo with brains by your side.” Jin replied.

My eyes skimmed the ground sharply, Yeah, I don’t think this is something to let slide…” I said, taking my phone out and taking some pictures.

It was a few hours later, and we had just headed back to the pack. We had grabbed some pizza on the way and were now in the lounge in the mansion. It had been quiet on the drive home. The visit to the caverns had taken its toll on all of us. The raw memories of our past returning to the forefront of our minds. We would remove the rest of the machinery and stuff from the caverns soon, but I was hoping if Emmet had an ally they’d go to the caverns before we went in with far more men… but we did remove the drugs and powder for the bullets from there just in case. I was not leaving that shit lying around.

Jin was getting the cameras installed and had some men from the Cartel there with

him. Right now, I hated to say this, but I was beginning to not trust anyone from

the pack… my pack.

At times like this, Shane came to mind.

Saying the Five, just didn’t fucking make sense…

He was missed…

Dan sat back after taking a pizza slice, and Jax looked lost in thought.

“You seen Kareena lately?” He asked, looking at me.

Guess Shane was on his mind too…

“Not in a few days, but Azura has.”

Azura nodded, eating her pizza, “She’s not doing great.”

“Yeah… She isn’t.” Jax frowned. “I get it

now… when you asked your mated men to step away, I never did… But death really is unpredictable.”

Frowning, I looked across at him. “Yeah… We lose more than one, it’s rare for one to survive without the other… but I want Kareena to survive… I know Shane would want her to live on.”

“Yeah, he would…” Dan mumbled.

A silence fell and suddenly it felt like no one was hungry anymore…

Azura leaned against me, her heart racing. Her fear over me dying sifting through the link and her anger towards Judah rising. She hated him with everything she had.

‘It’s going to be ok.’ I said firmly, looking down at her.

She tilted her head up, her gorgeous eyes holding a vulnerability as she searched my eyes, before nodding slowly. ” Promise?” She asked softly.

“I promise.” I replied quietly, leaning closer and kissing her deeply…

Tomorrow was the dinner, and I truly hoped we got some answers from Web.

He sold the bullets… then did he know something about Judah?