On the other end of the phone, Satomi was confused as she wondered what he wanted. "What?"
Lucas then briefly told her what he told John about the Wendigo. "Send all your pack members throughout the town. I want every house checked."
For this kind of occasion, he needed a larger pack of werewolves. They didn’t even have to break into a house, as their powerful smell could already gather something.
Lucas didn’t wait for her to agree and closed the call. Although he was polite, that was an order, not a request.
••••
A few days flew by, and surprisingly, they still found nothing. With all the people and werewolves on this, Lucas was starting to get irritated.
Sitting on the couch in the main room of the base, Lucas put down the glass of wine and glanced at John, who was facing him. "Still nothing?"
John’s face wasn’t looking good. These past few days, he barely slept. He then dragged his mouth and responded. "Unfortunately, no. Do you have any ideas?"
"No, let’s leave it like this for now."
"Did you try to see if Lydia could locate them?" Not far from them, Allison spoke as she pointed at Lydia, who was looking around innocently.
"Me?" Lydia pointed at herself in astonishment.
Lucas glanced at her thoughtfully. He wasn’t quite sure if it would work, as her abilities didn’t manifest at command, but it was worth the try. "Lydia, try to feel if anyone would die by my hand soon."
"What kind of request is that?" Lydia rolled her eyes at him. But she only got a piercing gaze from him, making her straighten her back unconsciously.
"Fine, I’ll try." She closed her eyes and tried hard to concentrate.
After a few minutes, she opened her eyes again, and everyone looked curiously at her. "Well?" Besides her, Malia asked the question that everyone was curious about.
"I can’t see anything." Lydia shook her head, which made everyone disappointed.
"Sigh..." Lucas got up and looked at them. "Alright, everyone can go home."
John suddenly saw all the girls looking at him, and he knew what they meant. He got up and walked tiredly to the elevator.
Just as Lydia was about to follow Allison and Malia into another room, Lucas’s voice stopped her. "You too, Lydia."
"Why?" Lydia turned around and asked indignantly.
Lucas put a hand on his face and reminded himself that he must be patient. "The last time, your mom called in and thought we were all having sex."
"But—"
Lucas shushed her just as she was about to protest, and pointed towards the elevator, where John was enjoying her suffering with a tired smile.
Lydia then walked away, glanced back, and saw Malia smirk at her, then hurriedly hid it when Lucas was looking at her.
After walking into the elevator, it didn’t take long for the two to arrive at the first floor. As they exited the elevator, they walked towards the building entrance.
When she was about to exit, Lydia bumped into a security guard, and her body froze.
"I’m sorry." The security guard immediately apologized, but he was startled when he saw her looking like she was possessed.
John immediately came closer to her and closely analyzed her behavior. These past few days, he also studied the bestiary, so he knew a thing or two about Banshees.
Inside Lydia’s mind, things were totally different. She trembled as she watched a person walking down the street and was suddenly grabbed by a monster.
"Ahhh!"
She screamed as she watched the monster start eating the man.
"Lydia! Lydia!" She felt her whole body shaking, then her eyes opened as she struggled to breathe. In front of her was Lucas, who was holding her from falling.
Lucas didn’t rush her and gave her time to calm down, then glanced at John and gestured toward the guard.
John understood what he meant, and took the security guard some distance away from them.
After a few minutes, Lydia finally calmed down and started explaining what she saw. "I saw a man getting eaten out alive by a monster...the man had the same uniform as the one working for you."
Lucas glanced back at the security guard, then spoke. "Was it him?"
Lifting her head, Lydia glanced at the face of the guard and shook her head. "No, it was someone else."
Lucas gazed into her eyes and put a hand on her shoulder. "If I show you some photos, can you identify him?"
Lydia closed her eyes and tried to remember that scene, even though it was horrifying. Then she nodded heavily.
"Good." Lucas gave her a smile to calm her down and took her to the reception desk.
"You can sit down." He pointed at the chair, and she nodded.
Lucas then began showing her pictures of the company’s employees.