Lawrence is one of the council assassins, perhaps the one who ended up with the worst ability-he's a snake shifter, and he secretes his venom even in his human form. He's never been able to eliminate it entirely from his saliva and bloodstream, and that means he's made sure to stay away from sex and hookups as much as possible-until now. When he's sent to kidnap the son of Gavin White, the man experimenting on shifters, he discovers Griffith is his...