The story continues, the tortures increase, their resistance is in doubt.    Will they confess? The Inquisitors were always severe.   They meant to extract a confession which would justify their work.  It was not acceptable to have the accused die without a proper and signed confession.   To achieve this goal, they took their time.

Melissa suffers the indignities of the Spanish horse while Red Feline, after a very exacting whipping that failed to bring her down to an admission of sin, is is placed on the rack, a slow- burning fire under her, roasting her back as she's whipped and stretched, a persuasive method of having someone spill her guts.  Maybe literally. Will Red Feline resist?