Hours have passed since Tree’s men crucified Katherine. Being stretched between the spikes have taken a toll on her. Her arms no longer have the strength to hoist her body up the stipe and the shattered bones in her feet preclude her using them to help her arms. She hangs from the cross as a naked doll exposed for the viewing public.
She feels a hand stroke her ass. Wish a quick look she sees it is the Gaelic heiress, Messaline. The woman has , solely for business purposes, sleep with Tree and is unconcerned with the guards standing watch on Katherine. Unable to avoid the prying fingers penetrating her ass, Katherine groans “Are you here to gloat?”
“Of course not, Katherine. I just came to see how my premium Gaelic cross is doing” Messaline replies. Her fingers penetrate Katherine’s rectum and with a purr in her voice, Messaline coos “You make a divine decoration for my cross. I suppose I will have to share a bed with Tree again. Such is the price of commerce!”
Messaline strolls off, leaving Katherine displayed on the cross.
The crowd thins out under the late afternoon sun. A trio approach Katherine. She glares down at them and demands “What are you here for? …to watch me suffer?”
“Katherine, you know Tree will have to report to Rome what he has seen. Far be it we appear in his report as being less than pleased with your punishment” the elder statesman replies.
“And I have never seen a crucifixion before, much less a nude woman subjected to one” his woman adds.
The trio took a few moments to circle around Katherine’s cross observing how the cross has stretched her body. The gentleman though Katherine’s torturous crucifixion displayed her body quite well and is determined to suggest such punishment for all young women found guilty of high crimes by the elders… and even though guilty of minor offenses if they would look appealing hanged naked from a cross. Katherine’s suffering hardly bothered him at all!
After a short time observing the condemned woman’s struggles on the cross the elder says “Ladies, it is time for dinner. This wench is going nowhere.”
The trio walked back to the town leaving Katherine a prisoner of her crucifixion.
They could not be concerned with her agony. After all, it was Katherine’s betrayal of Rome that earned her such a fate…