Jeff was also tossed unceremoniously into a room, but he didn't pick himself up immediately. He was curled tightly in the fetal position, and he was twitching and shuddering. This was his worst nightmare. But no, it wasn't. Mack and Alek are here, he told himself, and David is counting on you. David who saved you. You can't let the fear beat you.

He opened his eyes and uncurled himself, to find three men watching him.

"You okay?" asked one

A second one snorted. "Of course he's not okay, none of us are okay."

Jeff sat up and took a deep breath, keeping the memory of Mack and Alek, and of the debt he owed David, in his mind, trying to drive away the fear. "I'm okay. I know they're not going to torture me, or at least my mind knows, but my body hasn't figure it out yet." His hand went to the scars on his neck. "I was caught by vampires once before, and it wasn't much fun."

There was a moment of rather startled silence, then two of the men spoke almost at once.

"How the hell do you know that they don't torture people?"

"Caught by vampires? How did you get away?"

Jeff smiled. He was still afraid, but he had faith in his friends, and he was going to get these men out of this place. "The answer to both of those questions is the same. I know because we have somebody on the inside, so to speak. And I got away because that same somebody is a vampire. There are three of them on our side, and they're going to be breaking us out."