Ladjablès: A Love Story

By Princess O'Nika Auguste

Professor Nikita Burnett is teaching remotely and enjoying the sun, sea, and food in Saint Lucia, her country of birth. After hearing rumors that there are still Kalinagos ( the Indigenous people /Caribs) on the island, Nikita embarks on a search to find them. During her search, she encounters a Ladjablès and begins a love affair with her. Against the backdrop of Covid 19, a very religious and Catholic society, Nikita must balance her faith and sexuality with love.
Can she be religious, a lesbian and love the devil’s woman?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Princess O'Nika Auguste
• Release date: Feb 14, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005103286

Princess O'Nika Auguste

Princess O'Nika Auguste is from the island of St.Lucia. From the moment she picked up a pen ,Princess has been writing poetry. She has written articles for Christian Feminism Today and Pop Culture and Theology.She is an avid blogger who has contributed blog articles to the blog site Perspectives and Opinions .

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Ladjablès

A Love Story

By O’Nika Auguste

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Ladjablès: A Love Story

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Blurb

Professor Nikita Burnett is teaching remotely and enjoying the sun, sea and food in Saint Lucia, her country of birth. After hearing rumours that there may still be Kalinagos (Caribs, the Indigenous people of Saint Lucia) on the island, Nikita embarks on a search to find them.

During her search Nikita meets a Ladjablès and begins a love affair with her.

Against the backdrop of Covid 19, a deeply religious and Catholic Society, Nikita must balance her faith and sexuality with love.

Can she be religious, a lesbian and love the devil’s woman?

Please note: This story is written in Caribbean British English and Saint Lucian Creole French.

Table of Contents

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Epilogue

Chapter One

Oshun lying in bed with Chango in their golden palace in òrún, they had just finished making love. Oshun decided to get up to shower, as she had to visit Ayé. As the orisha of love, she had the duty to lead humans to love. Oshun was watching Ayé, specifically Saint Lucia. She had her eye on Nikita and that Ladjablès. Aimee, Aimee had made a deal with this deity from the eastern part of Ayé, instead of waiting until she dies to go to Oya’s realm. This deity’s name is Lucifer. If Aimee can fall in love and sacrifice herself for love, the deal with Lucifer will be done, and she will be able to come into the spirit world.

Oshun's thoughts were on the Ladjablès as she got up from the bed. Chango wanted more of her stood up to stop her. Nothing was covering his divine body. His lower part was hanging out so beautiful, she thought. Chango knew what was on her mind. He knew that Aimee was on her mind. He still could not believe that this woman decided not to go into Oya’s realm but make a deal with this thing called Lucifer. All the orishas were shocked that a woman one of their own would do such a thing.

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We have all heard the story of the Ladjablès, how she lures men to their deaths and how this creature looks like death. When sugar was king, The enslaved people were squatting on the land. When the British established full control of the island, and when they were trying to figure out how they were going to replace slave labour, the Ladjablès was created. The Ladjablès was once human, just like us, she loves, she feels sadness and grieves. The men she lures to their death are adulterers. Not everyone who comes upon a Ladjablès is murdered, only men who cheat on their significant others and men who know how to escape.

There was once this Ladjablès woman named Aimee. She was born on a plantation in Choiseul Saint Lucia, her father was the planter, and her mother was an enslaved African with Kalinago ancestry. Aimee was born in 1810 on a hot, humid day. She was twenty-four years old when slavery ended. Aimee was born during the time of great conflict and trials on the island. Saint Lucia was one of the hot spots for war between the British and French, who fought bitterly over the Helen of the West. In 1794 the French had abolished slavery. During this time, an enslaved mulatto named Flore Bois Gaillard led an army of maroons and enslaved people with the help of the French against the British. She and her army burnt down British plantations and even killed her master. However, this was short-lived as her army surrendered in 1797, the British had gained full control of the island in 1803, and the French handed over the island in 1814. Aimee was a product of this period. When she was growing up during this time in history, she was always hearing about on her father’s planation and how the other estate masters were always on edge on whether there would be another rebellion. Conditions on the plantations were harsh, but Aimee was not on the receiving end. She was lucky, her father was not harsh, and she ended up in the main house, an enslaved person to her brothers and sisters. Her father educated her. She learned French, writing, knitting, embroidery, and other classes for upper-class ladies. In 1834 slavery on the island ended, and she was free to live her life.

She married a sailor, but he was drunk, abusive, and always cheating on her. He was a Dutch sailor named Johannes, a remnant of the time the Dutch tried to settle on the island,

One day, in one of his drunken moments, Johannes punched her and was going to hit her again until a woman with blond hair and blue eyes like the sea appeared. This woman was tall, slender, and chic woman showed up.

Aimee, shocked and relieved at the same time, got up from the defensive position she was in and said to this woman, Who are You? and the woman said, I am Lucifer.

Aimee's face was ashen, and she looked horrified. The Devil, I thought you were a man," she said.

Lucifer smiled slyly and shook her head and then replied, I can take any form I want.

You are a shapeshifter then, Aimee exclaimed, still in horror.

Yes! Lucifer said, laughing.

Johannes, who was drunk, stood up and said, I don’t care if you are the devil, I am going to kill you, and Johannes takes his broken rum bottle and charges towards Lucifer. And Lucifer, with