If Shelly's mind hadn't been on the stargate, she might have seen the trap waiting to be sprung on her ... or maybe not.
The natives of Orion were little more than animals! It was an outrage to be outsmarted by one! Shelly was too scared, at first, though, to feel anything but deep concern for the state of her health when she was captured by one of the demon-like natives, Torin—especially when she realized he was the war chief. How to prevent a war when there were going to be a lot of innocent people slaughtered? Especially if she might be one of those unfortunates?