A shame that spread heat across her pale skin, a burn that lifted her hackles until she growled with all she was worth, her body puny and small but no less the Monster that she had been. Trapped. Naked. Alone and panting within her bonds while they hemmed and hawed and questioned just what had gone wrong - right - to leave her there as she was; a Beast, an Alpha, her nose furiously twitching against the ungainly scent of Another and his chosen Mate.