Chapter 76

Laila

- So, Laila, what do you do in your free time?

Lucas changed the subject drastically, and I was grateful to him for it. I looked at Fay as we smiled, knowing we had this conversation before. On weird but perfect synchronicity, I and Fay said:

- Picks fungus.

- Play piano.

That made Lucas turn to Fay with a frown:

- Picks fungus?

While at the exact same moment, Ayden turned to me and asked with a frown:

- Play piano?

And at the end, Fay turned her face away from Lucas to me with a surprised face:

- You play piano?

The perfect timing of talking made most of the people, sorry, werewolves chuckle, including me.

- Wait, start with the fungus.

Lucas demanded with a nod of his chin towards me.

- It's nothing. In my country, we have a lot of forests, so when late summer slash autumn comes many people go and pick mushrooms. I grew up in the middle of the forest, and as mom still lives there, we do it every year.

I said with a shrug.

- We know all the best spots for the ch