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Svetlana de Rohan-Levashova. Revelation

– What should I do, father? I have not found his weakness. I have not found what
he is afraid of... and I have almost no time left. What should I do, tell me?

I understood that our, mine and Anna’s, short lives were coming to their sad end...
And Caraffa still lived, and I did not know yet what I should begin with to destroy him...
– Go to Meteora, daughter. Only they can help you. Go there, my heart.

Father’s voice sounded very sad. Perhaps, just like me, he did not believe that
Meteora would help us.
– But they said no to me, father, you know that. They believe too strongly in their
old "truth" which they once suggested to themselves. They won’t help us.
– Listen to me, daughter... Go back there. I know you don’t believe... But they are
the only ones who can help you. There is nobody else to ask. I must go now... I am sorry
dear. But very soon I’ll come back to you. I will not leave you, Isidora.

My father’s spirit began to "sway" and melt, and totally disappeared in a second.
I confusedly looked at the place where his transparent body had shone just a second
ago and realized that I did not know at all what to begin with...
Caraffa declared too confidently that Anna very soon would be in his criminal
hands, therefore I did not have much time left for fighting. I got up, shook off my
distressing thoughts and decided to follow my father’s advice and visit Meteora again.
Anyway, it could not be worse than it already was; therefore I tuned in to Sever and
went...

This time there were neither mountains, nor wonderful flowers... I found myself in
a spacious and very long stone hall, at the far end of which was something incredibly
bright and appealing that sparkled like a dazzling emerald star. The air around it
shone and pulsated, splashing out long tongues of green "flame" which flashed and
brightly lit the enormous hall to the very ceiling. Sever stood near this extraordinary
beauty, being deep in his sad thoughts.
– Peace to you, Isidora. I’m glad you came. – He warmly pronounced, turning
around.
– Peace to you too, Sever. I came for a short while. – I answered, doing my best
not to relax and yield to the charm of Meteora. – Tell me, Sever, how could you let
Anna go? You knew where she was going! How could you let her go?! I hoped that
Meteora would protect her, but it betrayed her so easily... Explain that to me please, if
you can...

He looked at me with his sad and wise eyes without uttering a word, as if
everything had been said and nothing could be changed... Then he negatively shook his
head and softly replied.
– Meteora did not betray Anna, Isidora. It was her deсision to leave. She is a not
child anymore. She thinks and decides in her own way, and we have no right to keep
her here by force, even if we are not in agreement with her decision. She was told that
Caraffa would torture you, if she refused to come back. Therefore Anna decided to
leave Meteora. Our rules are very strict and unchanging, Isidora. Should we break
them, just once, the next time a reason to start quickly changing our life here would be
found. This is unacceptable. We are not free to turn from our way.

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