Tuesday Teaser 9/30/2025

9/30/2025

In the next instant he was slammed sideways, hitting the floor hard on his side. Someone, Lucas, and Porter he thought, shouted in his ear bud, “Go, go!”

Sheer instinct had Declan scrambling to get up, both arms up and on the defensive. Solid brown eyes stared him down and someone, male, Declan was sure, grabbed at his throat, jaws snapping, screaming at him. Declan clearly saw fangs—a vampire. Something yellow and large streaked down through the opening and grabbed the attacking vampire from behind.

“Hey!” Jonas hollered. With both arms around the man’s chest, Jonas shouted and yanked him back and farther away from Declan.

Declan bounced to his feet and snatched up his Taser. The man Jonas held twisted his upper body while kicking furiously. His movements sent Jonas stumbling backward, hitting the outer wall. The hazmat suits were slightly slippery, and Jonas lost enough of his grip that the man shimmied away from him. In the next instant the guy was lunging at Jonas, slapping at him, arms flailing in a pinwheel motion.

Jonas pulled back and even with the face shield in place Declan saw his utterly shocked expression. He gasped softly, blinked a few times, took one ultra-fast step forward then cranked back one arm and punched the vampire square in the face. Their assailant dropped like the proverbial stone to the floor.

“Will you put the damn suit on?” Jonas snapped. “I need somewhere to take this guy.”

“European HQ just sent me the passwords, I’m getting into the facility system now,” Blair said. “It’ll take me a minute or two.”

“He looks familiar,” Jonas grumbled.

Kai dropped through the opening and joined them. “Is he infected?”