Chương 52: The Beast Of Gevaudan

Arriving home, Lucas turned on the light in his room. He dragged his body to the shower; after finishing, he went straight to bed. He then started to analyze his fight against the Alpha. Sure, he had a huge advantage because of his obsidian defense ability and the spear, but the Alpha's strength was overwhelming. Especially considering that Peter was never an ordinary Alpha. Lucas then stared at the blood on the tip of the spear. He needed to prepare and end this once and for all. Morning came quickly.

Lucas arrived at Allison's house. He knocked on the door a few times, then the door opened. It was Chris. He observed Lucas for a moment.

"Let's go, we need to talk." Lucas then followed him to a room, where he saw a couple of other people. There was a man dressed in black, Kate, and one ordinary-looking man. Chris walked right next to them; now all of them stared right at him, like looking at prey.

"Is this an ambush or something?" Lucas scanned all of them one by one, unbothered by their intimidation.

"Don't be a smart ass, kid, and tell us what you saw." It was the ordinary man talking. Lucas briefly glanced at him, then shifted his sight to Chris.

"What, your Argent family hires janitors now?" The man's face seemed to be about to explode at his remarks.

"Enough!" Chris glared at this man, making him shut up. Then he focused back on Lucas. This tale has been unlawfully obtained from Royal Road. If you discover it on Amazon, kindly report it.

"We need to hunt it before it does more damage, so please tell us what you know."

"Didn't you figure it out already? It's an Alpha, a smart one on top of that." Lucas responded to his question. Kate's eyes seemed to observe every inch of his body, then settled on his face and asked sarcastically:"You mean to tell us that you fought an Alpha and managed to make it retreat? Kid, that monster could rip you apart." When he heard her speak, Lucas became visibly annoyed, then responded coldly:"I couldn't care less about what you think.

Besides, if we talk about monsters, there's a bigger one right in this room." The moment she heard this, Kate's body stiffened for a second, then quickly relaxed. She observed him; seeing his gaze on her made her sure that he knew something. The others were confused by this remark. Chris followed Lucas's gaze, then saw it was directly on Kate. He frowned, realizing that something was off.

"Do you know at least who the Alpha is?" Kate changed the subject calmly.

"No. I'll go now, since seeing your face is very unpleasant." Then he turned around. Before leaving, Lucas pointed to a spot on the floor:"Hey, janitor, you missed a spot."

"You little shi…" The man was stopped by Chris. Chris turned his gaze on Kate, then asked: "What do you think?" She looked at the door and responded: "He definitely knows something. It seems our family's history made him a little hostile." Chris raised an eyebrow at her response, then spoke again, staring intently at her:"Our family's history, or your history?" Kate smiled, unbothered by his question.

"I don't know what you're talking about." While they continued discussing, Lucas arrived at Allison's room. He knocked lightly on the door.

"Come in." As he stepped in, he saw Allison reading a book intently. He approached her quietly, then rested his hand on her shoulders. Her body froze for a moment, then she looked up; joy appeared on her face.

"Lucas!" He smiled at her, then focused on the book.

"What are you reading?"

"Since you've told me about shapeshifters, I started researching about them. I found out about a particular werewolf." Before she could say more, Lucas whispered the beast's name:"The Beast of Gévaudan." Allison looked at him in surprise, then responded:"Yes, the legend says he was slain by a woman named Marie-Jeanne Valet."

"It's not a legend. The beast existed." Allison froze when she heard this; she trailed her fingers over the beast's image. Lucas smiled, then said another thing that shocked her:"The werewolf that attacked you yesterday is a puppy compared with the Beast of Gévaudan."

"If I'm not wrong, that's the Alpha that you've been talking about, right? Didn't you say that the Alpha is the strongest of the werewolves?" He briefly explained to her the differences.

"Even though the Beast is not an Alpha, his strength is overwhelming even compared to an Alpha's. Besides, there are weaker and stronger Alphas out there." Allison was shocked, especially when she heard there are more Alphas out there. Lucas then put his finger on the one that hunted the beast.

"Is there something special about her?" She observed the woman's name curiously.

"Of course. After all, she's your ancestor."