lithium\security\auth\adapter\Form::$_query

protected property

If you require custom model logic in your authentication query, use this setting to specify which model method to call, and this method will receive the authentication query. In return, the Form adapter expects a Record object which implements the data() method. See the constructor for more information on setting this property. Defaults to 'first', which calls, for example, Users::first().

Source

	protected $_query = 'first';