"Murder?" Lucas was intrigued by what she said. "What do you mean?"
Malia didn’t respond immediately and gazed at the TV for a few more seconds, then she closed it and turned towards him. "I saw on the news that there’s been strange deaths around California lately."
"Strange?" Lucas stroked his chin and gazed at her curiously. "How strange?"
Malia’s eyes showed a little excitement, then she hurriedly came in front of him and sat on the floor.
"First teenagers were disappearing for no reason, then eventually they were found buried deep underground. The strange thing was that they were all buried the same way."
His pupils shrank and his demeanor changed as Lucas knew what these signs meant.
"They are coming..." He whispered under his breath.
"Who’s coming?" Malia heard that and looked at him with a doubtful expression.
Lucas glanced into her eyes and remained silent for a moment. Although he felt that the Dread Doctors were heading towards Beacon Hills, he was confused by their actions.
He didn’t remember them doing this in the series; they clearly started the experiments before even setting foot in Beacon Hills.
"Why?"
Just then, Lydia and Allison came from the kitchen, and Lydia happened to hear him. "Why what?"
Lucas glanced at her and spoke instinctively. "Why would a powerful group delay their arrival to Beacon Hills?"
Both Allison and Lydia were confused by this question, but Lydia felt that it was just a hypothetical question.
She gazed at him thoughtfully, then responded. "Maybe because there’s someone more powerful in Beacon Hills, which makes them wary."
A smile appeared on Lucas’s face as he realized the changing factor in the situation. "It’s me. It seems that the Dread Doctors aren’t that fearless."
"The Dread Doctors?" Allison sat beside him and asked the question that everyone was curious about.
Lucas didn’t keep them in the dark and told everything he knew about them. After talking for about ten minutes, the girls were staring at each other in obvious disbelief.
They saw and heard some weird things, but something like the Dread Doctors could be at the top of the list.
"So we have a bunch of crazy doctors trying to revive an even crazier serial killer?" Lydia put her hands on her head as she wasn’t ready for this.
"But why would they revive a serial killer?" Malia glanced at him in confusion.
Lucas smiled and gazed at Allison, which made her confused. "It’s not just any serial killer, it’s the Beast of Gévaudan."
"It can’t be!" Allison got up in shock. "Isn’t that just a legend?!"
He chuckled and shook his head. "No, do you remember the day we talked about it?"
Allison nodded, then she immediately remembered that her ancestor was the one who killed the beast, which was her own brother.
"Hello, do you guys mind letting us know too?" Malia waved her hand impatiently at them.
Lucas gestured to Allison with his eyes, and she understood what he meant, then she explained the story about the beast.
After she finished, Lydia had to lie back on the couch because tonight was too much for her, while Malia was listening intently as if this was a bedtime story.
Then Lydia’s eyes lit up and she looked immediately at Allison. "If your ancestor was the one who killed the beast, does that mean your family has a way to kill it again?"
"No." Allison shook her head, which instantly made Lydia disappointed.
Malia raised her hand and gave them her opinion. "Why don’t we just stop the Dread guys before they revive the guy with the long French name?"
"Yes!" Lydia’s eyes lit up and glanced at Lucas as if they should hurry and do this.
But what came next surprised them all as Lucas shook his head. "It’s not easy to find them, so we will have to wait."
Of course, that wasn’t the reason; for one, he was doubtful if they could even resurrect the beast. But if they succeed, this would create an opportunity for him.
The opportunity to kill the strongest werewolf and truly become an invincible creature.
But that would only accelerate the inevitable, so he wouldn’t feel bad if they didn’t succeed. That’s why he increased his influence in both parts of the world.
His men were constantly searching for shapeshifters around America; he even hired mercenaries and hunters from abroad to increase his scope.
While he was thinking of this, the girls looked more and more confused as Lucas looked like a villain who was scheming something bad.
Allison shook his body a little and made him break from his train of thought and glanced at her.
"Are you sure that we should just wait!?"
Lucas opened his mouth to respond, but just in that moment, his phone rang.