May be Lucrecia was in desperate need of sex, but despite this she did not fall into temptation and avoided Segismundo as best she could. The young woman was not weak or stupid, and she knew that if she was unfair to her husband she would create her own misfortune, so despite the temptation, she decided to resist all that legion of wooers and especially her ardent uncle.
There was only one man at the castle who managed to unsettle the Duchess and whose presence made her very uneasy. It was Goliath, the palace executioner. The nickname of Goliath suited him very well because he was a muscular giant before whom Lucrecia only seemed like a defenseless girl. She found him ugly and repulsive both for his physique and for his hateful job as executioner, however, she couldn't help but get upset when she met him in the castle or caught him looking at her. Far from showing respect for his young lady, that man was going over her from top to bottom with his wild beast eyes and literally undressing her with them. That made the woman feel scared but also made her blush and wet and horny. Sigismund may have dreamed of her, but Lucrecia had wet dreams of Goliath without understanding why.
The Duchess's way of dressing, always very sexy and with wide necklines and the excessive attention of all those men towards her, did not go unnoticed by Duke Federico. The man didn't really care what his wife did or how she dressed in public, but he wouldn't let her make a fool of him by cuckolding him. He was the Duke and his vassals, beginning with his wife, owed him respect. He certainly wouldn't sit still or forgive her if he found out she was having an affair with another man.
One day he wanted to warn her of the serious consequences of cheating him but he did not do it directly but instead used Fray Bernardino, the Duchess's confessor.
Fray Bernardino was an honest Dominican, faithful to his religious beliefs, but even more faithful to the Duke. The clergyman took advantage of the sacrament of confession to convey the Duke's message to his wife. To do so, he asked her to accompany him to a very special place: the castle dungeons.
- What is all this Fray Bernardino? Why have you brought me to this horrible place?
- I just wanted to talk to you quietly and without witnesses.
- And all these devices? What are they for?
- Fray Bernardino smiled at the girl's innocence.
- This, my lady, is the torture chamber and these devices are used by the torturers to interrogate and punish criminals and traitors.
- My God, that throne is bristling with spikes, I can, ... I can imagine its effect, my God how horrible, ... let's get out of here soon, please.
But the cleric dared to take her arm.
- One moment ma'am, first I have to talk to you.
- Well, do it at once, I want to get out of here.
- My daughter, I have observed your behavior in court and I confess that there is something that has me worried.
- What is it, father?
- What is it going to be? Lust, dear girl, you are in the grip of lust, everyone can see it.
- Father… me.
- You already know that lust is a serious sin against our lord, my daughter, but also in your position as duchess it can be much more serious than in other women. Keep in mind that if you committed adultery you would not only pay in heaven but also in this world.
- I don't understand Father.
- Look, my daughter, adultery is a very serious crime that is paid for with the public execution of the traitor wife, but in the case of the Duke's wife it would also be a crime of high treason.
The cleric continued, satisfied with the terrifying effect his words were having on the Duchess.
- As you know, traitors suffer the cruelest torments before they die in a horrible way, on the wheel or at the stake, but before that… they stay for days or weeks in this chamber to confess their crimes and denounce their accomplices.
As he said this, the cleric picked up some cat's claws and inspected them, seeing that they had very sharp points.
- But, but, Father, said Lucrecia, looking apprehensively at the instrument of torture. I am a noblewoman, I am the wife of the Duke.
- I don't think that would worth you for nothing, I know Duke Federico and if he had the slightest cause for suspicion he would unleash all his anger on you and hand you over to the executioners without hesitation. Listen to me, my daughter, and be very careful what you do if you don't want to end up in this dungeon.
The Duchess thought very uneasily, the threat was very clear and the instruments of torture now seemed more terrifying.
- Yes father…. you have nothing to worry about.
- Oh, and don't approach other women either, don't think that sinning against nature with your ladies or your female servants would be a minor sin. In fact, it is much worse than doing it with men and a serious offense to God…..
- But father, how can you think that…?
-...... and don't trust them. Certain rumors have come to me about the "games" you play with your ladies-in-waiting…well…. I don't like to talk about this with you but….I will…
The cleric left the cat's claws on the table from where he had taken them and picked up a breast rippers instead.
- Do you know this device? It's called "the spider" and it's used on women's nude breasts. Can you imagine how?, he told her, opening them a few centimeters from her tits.
Lucrecia didn't need much more to understand its sinister workings and put her hands to her breasts. The priest smiled and placed the torture tool back on the table.
- Look, my girl, when your maids bathe you and you are naked in their presence, you may feel certain desires….you must not fall into temptation, think that perhaps one of them is a spy of the Duke…..keep in mind that if If it weren't like that I wouldn't have known what you do with them and frankly I don't like it…. In short, if the duke knew that you continue with this type of sinful relationship with your ladies, you and they would end up naked and chained in the dungeons in a matter of hours, do you understand me, my daughter or do I have to be more explicit?
- Yes father, thank you for the warning, answered Lucrecia sweating with fear.
- All right, you're right this is a filthy place, let's get out of here.
After hearing these confidences, Lucrecia truly realized her sad situation and the threat and fear gripped her carnal desire, no matter how intense it was. Now she was much more convinced not to cheat on her husband in any way, neither with men nor with women.