The girls fell silent, and Lucas gave them a look, then opened the phone.
When he saw who it was, Lucas was surprised; it was Steven, whom he had spoken with not long ago. "Did something happen?"
"We found one." Steven’s voice came from the phone.
Lucas was surprised and felt that it was impossible. "How? Not long ago, we just talked about it."
"I guess you’re lucky. I was just talking with some hunters, and there have been rumors that a lone Alpha was roaming around. From what I heard, he clashed with some other shapeshifters."
Lucas didn’t have much joy on his face as he felt like something was wrong. "Where’s the location of the Alpha?"
"New Mexico," Steven responded, and he was a little surprised at how calm Lucas was about this great news.
"Hmm..." Lucas closed the call without even saying goodbye. He stared at the phone in a daze and wondered if there were such coincidences.
He knew what lay dormant in New Mexico; he didn’t forget that he had even fought such a creature. But he wasn’t sure if there was any connection with what he was after.
Lucas felt that he was just overthinking things. He then looked at the curious girls and spoke, "We are going to New Mexico."
They were surprised when they heard this, and Lydia glanced at his phone, then at him. "For what?"
He smiled and pointed at Allison. "To make Allison an Alpha."
"Me?" Allison exclaimed in surprise, as she never thought of becoming one. She was quite satisfied with her situation, but she wouldn’t refuse this kind of thing as she could support Lucas better.
"Yes, now get some sleep because tomorrow we will fly to New Mexico."
"Fly?" Malia’s interest was piqued, but Lucas didn’t explain further and waved his hand at them to go.
The girls then watched him as he went into the elevator.
••••
In the morning, after the girls had their breakfast, Lucas led them to the roof.
Their bags were already placed on the roof by the staff.
As soon as the girls set foot on the roof, their eyes widened.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
The girls’ hair flew in all directions as the helicopter blades sent waves of air in their direction.
Malia seemed excited to see it and took a step to rush toward it, but Lucas suddenly grabbed her by the collar. "Easy..."
While Malia was glaring fiercely at him, Lydia pointed at the helicopter as her legs trembled slightly. "What’s that?"
"That’s called a helicopter." He sarcastically replied.
Lydia rolled her eyes. "I know, did you rent it?"
Lucas shook his head, making her confused, then he raised his shoulders slightly. "I bought it."
"You bought it?" She glanced in astonishment at the helicopter, then at him. Then she happened to notice Allison didn’t seem surprised. "You knew?"
"Of course, he’s my boyfriend." Allison smiled and responded. This level of spending didn’t surprise her as she was the one responsible for managing the money.
Lucas slowly entrusted these matters to her, so for some decisions, John had to come to her for approval.
"The chat time is over, let’s go." Lucas then gestured for them to lower their heads, and then all of them entered the helicopter.
After taking off, the helicopter flew for an hour in the sky, then an airport came into sight, and they landed near a private hangar.
As soon as the girls got off, a private jet came into sight. Lydia glanced at it, then looked at Lucas. "Did you also buy this?"
"No." Lucas shook his head, and Lydia sighed in relief for a second, then he continued, "This one is too old, I have to buy a newer model."
He then led Allison and Malia to the airplane while ignoring her.
••••
After two hours of flight, they arrived in New Mexico, and now they were driving towards the town where the Alpha was last seen.
As soon as they entered, the town looked eerily quiet to them, but this didn’t stop them from beginning the search for the Alpha.
At the intersection of a street, Lucas stopped the car and glanced at Malia. "Do you catch any particular smell?"
Malia sniffed around, then she shook her head. "I need something that belongs to the Alpha, or else we will just waste time."
Seeing that she couldn’t find anything, Lucas closed his eyes, and slowly he entered a meditative state, and the sounds traveling through the air were amplified.
Suddenly, his eyes opened as he sensed a person with a strong heartbeat heading out of town at high speed.
Lucas hit the gas pedal and headed in the direction of that person.
As soon as they left the town, Lucas could see a jeep in the distance. He accelerated further, and the distance between them started to slowly close.