Free The Wind Rose by B. Roman Page B

says, more emphatic than ever. “Until he comes to a full realization, it's all luck and his karmic lessons will not come full circle.” “Then, show him his soul code,” Ishtar demands. “Part of his not knowing is your insistence he discover all for himself. It wouldn't hurt you to nudge things in his direction a bit. There is a lot at stake here.”
    “I don't know,” Rami hedges. “He may not be ready. He's just a boy.”
    “He is an extraordinary boy. He is ready,” Ishtar insists. “And he
will
get it.”
    “But will the people of Port Avalon get it?”

Twenty-three
    As David and Saliana walk alone together in the magnificent gardens, catching up on old times and new, he talks about his hearing.
    “There is an operation that can make me hear again back home. It's called a cochlear implant.”
    “Is this what you want?” Saliana asks.
    “I don't know. I love being here where I can hear everything. I still don't understand it. When I was here before, I needed the Singer to help me hear, but now I don't have it and I can hear perfectly.”
    “When it was the Island of Darkness, there was so much chaos and treachery – interference in the air waves, Father likes to say – that you needed an instrument like the Singer to help you hone in on the important sounds. But now, in the Kingdom of Light, everything is harmonious, and you can hear with clarity without the crystal.”
    “If it works here, why can't it work at home?”
    “That is your choice, David. So far, you have chosen to remain deaf at home.”
    “Bianca once said that to me. I chose to be deaf. I questioned it then, but now I’m beginning to understand karmic choices and their consequences. My deafness was a way for me to be closer to my mother, even after her death, so I could understand why she chose to die."
    “And do you understand?”
    “Well, sort of. Bianca made me see that it was Mom's way of atoning for the spiritual mistake of convincing her sister to join the war protest where she was killed.”
    “That's pretty heavy Karma.” Saliana touches David's arm compassionately, and he places his hand over hers.
    “It sure is. You know, I try to tell my Dad about all this and he thinks I'm being irrational, and maybe a bit crazy. He even brought a shrink home to talk to me about all of it. He especially can't understand why I refuse any more treatment or surgery to help me hear again.”
    “And you think he feels you are imperfect,” Saliana says, completing his thoughts.
    “Yes! How did you know?”
    “Perhaps it's because I sense that you yourself feel imperfect, which could be part of the reason you keep trying to escape from home, to a magical place where you can hear the things you wish to hear.”
    “Bianca said pretty much the same thing.” Changing the subject, he looks into Sally's clear blue eyes. “You remind me so much of my sister,” David says, feeling tenderness in his heart for both girls, but in totally different ways. “Tell me, did Sally choose to be crippled after the car crash?”
    “I don't think so, David. I think it just happened so fast she didn't have time to choose the outcome.”
    “Then if the Rose Crystal didn't cure her, what will?”
    Saliana opens the collar of her dress to reveal the Rose Crystal Pendant, and removes it from her neck and places it in David's hand.
    “I told you why it didn't work before, but I think things will be different this time. When I took it back, I reprogrammed the crystal with your Soul Code, David. It is actually you, your heart, body and soul that will create the miracle for Sally to wake up from her coma and walk again. This time for good.”
    “Me? I don't understand?”
    “You will. Rami will explain it to you. He will tell you that there is one very important task you must perform before giving Sally the Rose Crystal pendant. The decision that you make will have profound implications on your own future.”
    “What do I have to do?”
    “As I said, Rami