Free Creature of Habit (Book 3) by Angel Lawson Page A

behind her, and that the room seemed small and dark.
    Turning the camera back on his haggard, ugly face, he began talking directly in the lens. His black eyes unnerving. "Since it’s taken so long, I figured I needed to speed up the game. Here is the situation, Grant. I found Sarah Olivia first, when she was frail and weak and riddled with dark visions. I loved her for what she was, not who she is now. I'd kept an eye on her as she withered away in the hospital, alone and afraid. And I had it all planned. I was going to change her and use her potential gift. Together, with my tracking abilities and her psychic ones, we could dominate the vampire world." He smiled at the thought, showing his crooked and jagged teeth.
    "Each time she went to the hospital they broke her a little bit more, and each time her visions became clearer. As her mind failed her abilities bloomed. I waited for the perfect night, one where she was especially manic, filled with visions of a violet eyed stranger that would take her to her family and feed from her. She was sweet,” he said, licking his lips. “Like the nectar of the gods.”
    “When she awoke I promised her that she could get redemption for the torment she’d suffered at the hands of her family. She would taste their blood and destroy the men and women who abused her at the hospital. It was the perfect place to quench her lust for blood. I easily arranged for her to be picked up—even assisting in subduing her for the police. The wheels were set into motion. She’d feast from the damned in that hospital.
    His face changed, twisting into something gruesome and furious. “Instead of a massacre, someone interfered with my plan. Someone who likes to play God," he hissed, anger marring his face. "You stole Sarah Olivia from me and now you are living a life that goes against our very nature. You hunt your own kind. You’ve spent years protecting humans. They are food! Nothing more, yet now you have chosen one as your companion—your mate! You’re disgusting, filthy, and most of all, a murderer and a thief. Because of all this you now must suffer the consequences."
    In the background there was a loud noise as Olivia must have moved. I watched in horror as Caleb's head lurched out of view and the camera dropped to the ground. The room filled with the sound of the two of them in a scuffle. "Shut the fuck up!" I heard Olivia scream, rage filling her normally quiet voice. "Leave my family out of this!"
    I heard a loud bang as though someone or something hit the wall. "Restrain her!" Caleb shouted. There were more footsteps and the camera was picked up from the floor and focused again on his face. "This is your doing, Palmer," he muttered angrily. "Always remember that."
    The computer on my lap trembled as my body shook in fear. Caleb panned once more around the room to Olivia, now being held by three men with soulless eyes.
    "She was mine to begin with and was taken away. Then, and then…" he emphasized with fury. "For her to end up with the likes of you, a human loving, vampire killing, egotistical vigilante… it's too much. Someone has to pay, and it can be you, or Sarah Olivia, or your precious human pet." He spat the words with such hatred I could feel it in my bones. "I already know which one you'll choose. I'm ready to stop playing games." Caleb pushed the camera so far into Olivia's face she hissed in reaction, freeing a hand and swiping at the camera again. It fell to the floor with a clank and the image turned black.
    I sat on the couch, my hands shaking furiously as I tried to move the cursor back to replay the video but was unable to make my fingers comply. As I jabbed at the keys, a warm hand engulfed mine and pulled the computer away from me.
    "What happened? What did you find?" Adam asked, concerned.
    I began sobbing, overwhelmed by the images of Olivia at the mercy of that monster. “The… the…" I stuttered, choking on my tears. Adam surprisingly ran a hand over my back to