Chapter Nine They sped down the road toward the bookshop as quickly as they could. Luckily they weren’t far and got there in a couple of minutes. Idris’ heart was beating fast. He glanced over at Darlene, who looked as pale as a ghost. He cursed himself for wasting time fighting with Roman like that. Roman urged him to fight, made remarks to get under his skin, and Idris took the bait. He should have just walked away. Instead he had quickly and easily fallen back into his old behavior. The same behavior he told himself and Lucian he would no longer do. He scowled at the thought of Lucian. So much for being on the straight and narrow, when Lucian was plotting and planning something for years behind his back. And now Jacob was a vampire. Why did Vivica bother to turn that boy into one? An