Shay Carson

TUMB 01/5 Has an attitude. “So, you been doing field archaeology long?” James sipped some of his Guinness, enjoying the roasted barley flavor. Shay narrowed her eyes. “Why do you want to know? You think I don’t have what it takes?” She had a kneejerk reaction to almost everything, and seemed interested in brooding and thinking up reasons to be offended.

She’s skilled, lad,” Father O’Banion said, his face flushed and puffy. “Very skilled. More skilled than a lot of people with twice her experience.

TUMB 01/6 It was frustrating when she was ready for a fight but the other person wouldn’t play

TUMB 02/8 Brownstone still wouldn't play. Not even a pass, or a small flirt. Hadn’t even hinted at wanting her. NOTHING! Driving her crazy!

Shay and sex: She’d seen Brownstone checking her out, but the guy kept acting like he didn’t care. Brownstone did care. He had to. All men cared about hot women. They couldn’t help it. That was the way they were wired. That was how most men were, really—a dick tangentially connected to a pair of eyes, totally bypassing the brain. Shay wasn’t into pretending she wasn’t hot as fucking sin. Sometimes that could be an advantage when trying to manipulate men, but it didn’t mean she had to like it when men leered at her. She wasn’t a fucking piece of meat to sate their damned hunger. He might be a gentleman, or a first-rate ass. She just didn’t know what to think of the guy. That, more than anything, made her uneasy.

TUMB 01/8 Drives a bright-red Fiat Spider.

TUMB 01/16 Shay has been too hot from too young. When I was fifteen, I caught the eye of a guy in my neighborhood. Nice guy, good looking, also happened to be heavily involved in running dust. The Oriceran shit, not PCP.” He told her to suck him off, and she refused. He beat her, she killed him, turned into a killer, for the control involved. Wanted whoever she killed to KNOW it was her. Realize dwhat she had become, one day, burned her house down, and disappeared, to live life much like Brownstone. Not a killer, but not a pacifist. Think some people deserve to die. I guess that now I just want to make sure I’m only killing people like that.”

TUMB 02/1 Shay's philosophy on the difference between men and women: it’s that women understand—like on the level of our DNA—that not everything can be fixed. That sometimes you just have to roll with it. But men? Oh, you men…somewhere you’re always thinking, ‘I can fix this shit. Just give me a big enough tool.’

TUMB 02/1 Lives in a nice two-story brownstone townhouse with an attached garage. The well-kept lawns and upscale houses was the kind of place the head of the gang lived, rather than his foot soldiers. Secutiry: tapped a code into a pad near the door, and then leaned forward for a retinal scan. Two earth-toned loveseats dominated the open-plan living room, and a huge TV hung on the back wall. Fine white carpet covered most of the floor. A quartz-topped island stood in the center of her kitchen. The overall vibe he got was clean and modern, yet comfortable.

TUMB 03/10 Shay on Killers: The real core of a killer was a ruthless willingness to slay whoever was in front of them, regardless of any pity they might feel for them.Shay knew that all too well. It was what had made her such an effective killer before she’d walked away from the death-dealing business. Hands, guns, knives, fireplace pokers; she’d used so many different weapons. Name was Liusa Sellers, when she was a killer in her first life (TUMB 05/5, 6)

TUMB 12/06 Goes as a tomb raider by the professional name Aletheia. Was now working professionally for governments, not even private clients. All mainstream and aboveboard now, no longer a professional killer. Injured (broken leg, bruises, claw gouges)by dokkaebi in Korea.

IFNE 02/1 Being a killer was as much about human psychology as it was combat skills. A professional needed to think about a mark and how they might react in a situation. Shay prided herself on her ability to understand and evaluate people. IFNE 02/9 Her first ever kill had been in self-defense, but she didn’t continue on the path of killing because she had to, but because she liked the sense of control. Not only that, she was damned good at the job. Killing made her feel strong. It was addictive.

TUMB 04/4 Leader of hunt for Cartagena Codex, and the Rod of Supay. (See Miscellaneous). A field archaeologist with good tactical skills, a ‘tomb raider.’

TUMB 04/8 Has 5 different warehouses, at least one filled with special archaeological research books, that she can use to find the importance of Brownstone's amulet necklace. Uses Peyton, a friend she rescued, as her manager and warehouse watcher. (Has Lily, a Light Elf, she takes on some of her expeditions, developed from her own series, I Fear No Evil, book 5)

TUMB 05/ All Shay is a major character in all of the books, as she partner's Brownstone in many of his activities (Harriken, Japanese Bounties, etc.), as he partners her in many of her retrievals and activities ( Nuevo Gulf Cartel, Rod of Supay, any of the retrievals ordered by the Professor). She cleans up her past in TUMB 05/24, 25., no longer having killers after her, and starts a new, easier life, with Brownstone and Alison. She is attracted to brownstone physically throughout, and finally decides he is simply clueless about females. She finally makes her moveon him in TUMB 05/25, when she invites herself to stay overnight, and semi-moves in to his new house with him.

IFNE 01/1, 2 Shay's definition of an honest man. "An honest man stays bought once you bribe him." One major lesson had kept Shay alive throughout the years, and that was an understanding that a person should never underestimate the greed and ruthlessness of anyone. Called Angry White Bitch by Peyton.she calls him Clueless.

IFNE 01/12 Shay still had a trust problem. Trusting someone to have her back in a fight was something she’d yet to experience. Few people she met were as good as she was when it came to killing, and she wasn’t sure how much she could trust someone who relied on magic. Despite her job, the actual use of magic still left her uneasy.

IFNE 02/16 Shay kept a small touch on every outfit to reflect her personality. A subtle but dark twist here and there, whether it was a glitter skull on her workout shirt or the small silver dagger pin decorating her dress.

WOTD 07/2 'Shay on Brownstone' Like Superman, James was an alien from another planet, most likely sent by his parents. Also, like Superman, James was stronger than the average human, even without his amulet. Finally like Superman, James had been raised by good people with a strong moral center and had internalized the desire to fight evil, even if he’d tried to hide it behind bullshit defenses about being nothing more than a bounty hunter. Wait. If he’s Superman, that means I’m fucking Superman! Who does that make me, Lois Lane? "