Emma's final steps
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With agonizing slowness and spurred on by the occasional whip blow or two,
@emmaX staggers to the top of the hill, the site of her execution. Her back is on fire from the whipping, and her knees are riddled with ugly sores and raw flesh from her numerous falls as she undertook her final walk.
The centurion in charge of the detail yells at the soldiers
"Come on! Get the bitch ready for the cross!"
The old soldier laughs at her as he removes her neck shackles.
"Time for your throne, 'queen'", and spits in her face.
The crown of thorns has been dislodged during the walk of shame, and he gleefully sets it right again, pressing it on her head until fresh streams of blood careen down her pale face.
The crowd is ecstatic.
"Nail her up good", they cry!