Is he her mortal enemy lady Shay is the last of her kind. Half human, half shalott, her blood is a precious aphrodisiac to vampires, who consider it more precious than gold. Though shalotts are renowned assassins, a curs...Is he her mortal enemy lady Shay is the last of her kind. Half human, half shalott, her blood is a precious aphrodisiac to vampires, who consider it more precious than gold. Though shalotts are renowned assassins, a curse held over Shay lands her on the slave auction block, where her fate is uncertain- or the man who will risk it all viper, the beguiling chief of a deadly vampire clan, can't explain his longing to possess the beautiful shalott who once saved his life, but now he is free to do anything he wants with her.