Chương 14: Discovery

Lucas's fingers hovered just above the plant. For a brief moment, he hesitated. Then he grabbed it. Nothing. His grip tightened slightly, waiting. Pain… burning… anything. But there was nothing. His expression slowly shifted, a faint frown forming as seconds passed in silence.

"…Nothing?" He stared at the plant in his hand, turning it slightly, even smelling it, as if expecting a delayed reaction. Still nothing. A quiet breath left his lips. For a moment, his eyes darkened. Then, a faint smile appeared.

"Good…" He muttered under his breath, his gaze lingering on the wolfsbane for a second longer. If this truly had no effect on him… Then things just became much easier. He still decided to wait a little more to make sure. Ten minutes passed… twenty…, and finally he realized he was truly unaffected by the wolfsbane.

'Now that one weakness goes away, I can't imagine how shocked my future enemies will be when they find out, especially some despicable hunters from a certain family.' He happily proceeded to gather all the wolfsbane and put it in a bag.

'Now I have one more weapon against shapeshifters, this plant will have more than one use.' He smiled coldly, especially thinking of some beings that deserved a shot of wolfsbane in their system. The tale has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. Lucas then walked away. He soon found Scott and Stiles close by the truck. He then turned towards Stiles and asked,"Is the sheriff coming?" The two of them quickly spotted him. Stiles then approached him with a helpless expression on his face.

"My dad told me we need to wait a little longer, since the body was found he needs to have the Forensic Crime Scene Investigators come over." Lucas thought for a second, then responded.

"I understand, then I need to leave because it is already too late, and I have some things to do. I will see you tomorrow." Scott and Stiles said goodbye too. Then they watched him leave. Not seeing him anymore, Stiles then asked Scott something that had been bothering him.

"Do you really think that he just happened to be in the forest?" He was suspicious of Lucas's purpose for being there. Scott looked at him in confusion as he answered,"What other reason could he have? It's not like he stole the body." He replied jokingly, trying to dispel the heavy mood they were in from the previous events. Stiles shook his head, not thinking of this matter anymore. On the other side, Lucas already arrived home. The happiness of achieving his goal passed away as he entered his house.

'To think that I, a proper shapeshifter, had to walk a couple of miles on foot to get home. Even Stiles has a car, one kilometer away from breaking down, but it's still better than me having nothing.' He then realized that this cannot go on. From the fact that he needs a car, he needs funds for the things he has planned. He then slowly went to the basement, a place where his grandfather's armory was placed. Since that day, the day his first hunt happened, the day he almost died, he never entered again.

'I need to search more carefully. Besides the weapons, I don't believe that a former family of hunters could be poor. From my grandfather's notes, the family seemed financially stable.' He soon entered the basement. Then he proceeded to press the hidden mechanism. Slowly, the armory came into view.

'Now that I observe better, this place seems more like a mini bunker.' He observed that the interior side of the door resembled that of bunker doors. He soon focused on the guns themselves. They were of various types. He noticed a wall filled with old rifles, but they seemed more like a collection. Then he looked at the side filled with pistols of various shapes. Then he shook his head. Clearly, he was not an expert with guns. He was lucky that he was able to use one in his first fight.

He noticed some assault rifles and some rifles that were more modern. Then he looked at the crossbows and arrows. When he first took the arrows for the hunt, he thought they were coated with mountain ash because of the color, but since he didn't notice an effect on the werewolf, he realized they were just ordinary arrows. He then focused on searching for other stuff. He began opening the cabinets one after the other. He shook his head as he was seeing only ammunition.

As he began to walk to another compartment, his sensitive hearing caught a "squeak." Hearing that, he suddenly stopped. As if realizing something, he looked down at his feet. A smile appeared on his face. He quickly pulled the big carpet aside, finally seeing a small handle embedded in the cement. With excitement, he pulled the handle, with even more force than necessary, bending it a little. Soon it opened. His eyes widened in shock at the sight before him.