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Punishment Of A Slave

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They started shaking the cross, adding to her agony. Then she became aware of the angle changing. All she could see was sky. The weight on her wrists and feet lessened. They were lowering the cross!

Her owner knelt beside her, a cup in his hands. “Drink this, it will help the pain.”

She drank thirstily. Reality faded. The sky went dark.

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