A trapdoor. In a library. Well, Regan thought with a tilt of her head, she’d seen far weirder things in this damn town. Salva may have been one of them, the way he was clawing at the floor. But this was fine. Yep. Completely fine.
But suddenly she had two sharp eyes snapped in her direction, and the man slowly rose from the ground, his attention and interest clear. Panic seized Regan by the throat. Not only were they stuck here, but he seemed to know Kaden. Was it a good know or a bad know? People tended to have mixed feelings about him, though she never really understood why. Sure, he was rough around the edges, could be a little rude, had a somewhat controversial job, and – okay, that was probably why. But the good far outshone the not-so-good with him, even now. She couldn’t bring herself to think poorly of him for his reaction.
“How do you know Kaden?” She asked, debating how much to say. But the truth always came knocking out of her mouth. “He’s my – he’s important to me.” Could she still call him her boyfriend? When she wasn’t convinced he’d even stay in town? “It’s complicated.” Regan settled on that, hoping it was both honest and satisfactory. “Now, please tell me how you know him. And your name, too, for that matter.”
Suddenly, the room they were trapped in became much smaller. Was it getting hotter, too, or was that just Salva’s temper? “Now I get why you seem so weird,” the werewolf growled, advancing on her until he stood just a few feet away. With hope, his mammalian stance of a broad chest and firm footing made him seem intimidating. He couldn’t tell if he felt enraged at Regan for even caring to be close to that asshole - any friend of Kaden’s was decidedly NOT a friend of Salva’s - or if he felt sorry for her for being seemingly oblivious. As of that moment, it was leaning toward the former.
“My name is Salva du Sauvage,” he answered, and his tone was sharp in front of his primed aggression like a bayonet. “Kaden and I go way back... I have to say, I’m a little hurt that he never mentions me.” Just saying that hunter’s name made the knotted burn scar between his shoulder blades twist in apprehension. “Or maybe he has, and you’re just unaware?” He rolled his eyes with a rude scoff, examining his fingernails. “Stuck in a room with one person in this entire town, and it’s someone who’s fucking a Langley...”