Catherine backed away, pulling on the restraining chains as the man prodded and poked as though buying a horse, turning her this way and that to study her form. Her humiliation was all but complete, but she held herself tall and erect, trying to muster what remained of her shattered pride.<br/><br/>She caught the steely ice blue stare of the man, who oozed with power and reaked of money and Catherine was genuinely afraid.