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Svetlana de Rohan-Levashova. Revelation

help without sharing it with somebody else.

– How did they get here? – Stella asked pointing at the scared children.
– Oh, it’s a long story. I called on them from time to time. They came to visit their
father and mother from the upper "floor". Sometimes I took them to my place to protect
them from getting into trouble. They are small and did not understand how dangerous
it is here. Their parents were here and they thought that everything was all right. I was
afraid all the time that they would understand that it was dangerous when it was too
late... So, this "too late" has just happened...

– What have their parents done to get here? And why have they all "gone away"
simultaneously? Did they all die? – The tender-hearted Stella could not stop asking.
– Their parents had to kill other people to save the children... for which they paid
after death, like all of us... But now they are not even here anymore... In fact they
exist nowhere... – Svetilo whispered very sadly.
– What do you mean "nowhere"? What happened? Did they manage to die here
too?! How could that happen? – Stella was surprised.

Svetilo nodded.
– A man killed them, if "it" can be called man... He is a monster... I’ll try to find
him... to destroy.

We at once looked at Maria. Again it was a frightful man and he killed again...
Apparently it was the same who killed her Dean.
– This girl – her name is Maria – lost her only protection, her friend which was
killed by a "man" too. I think it’s the same person. How can we find him? Do you
know?
– He’ll come of his own volition. – Svetilo quietly answered and pointed at the
children who pressed close to him. – He’ll come after them. He released them
accidentally. I prevented him from having them.

Stella and I felt huge thorny tingles down our spine.
It sounded very sinister. And we had not been adult enough yet to destroy
somebody easily. We did not even know whether we could do it at all. It’s all very
simple in books – good heroes defeat monsters, but in reality everything is much more
complicated. And even if you are sure that it is evil, you need a lot of courage to beat
it... We knew how to do good which, in fact, is not something everybody knows... but
neither Stella nor I had learnt how to take somebody's life, even the worst one... And
on having not tried such a thing, we could not be quite sure that our "boldness" would
not let us down at the most crucial moment.

I was unaware that Svetilo observed us very attentively all this time. And of course
our confused faces told him all about our "vacillations" and "fears" better than any
confession, even the longest one.
– You are right, dearest. Only idiots do not fear to kill... or monsters... A normal
person will never get used to it, especially, if he’s never tried it before. But you will
not have to try. I am not going to allow it, because, if you take revenge, even justly
protecting somebody, it will burn your soul and you will never be the same... Believe
me.

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