The first day of the Seven Days on the Cross continues. Varinia, locked to a post by an iron neckbrace, has been whipped mercilessly by the Torturer. Her back shows the bloody marks of her ordeal.

The Torturer brings out a heavy log. He places it on Varinia's shoulders and ties it to her slender arms with thick rope. He reaches for the whip yet again. Will Varinia survive the day?