Morne Marie, Trinidad

Morne Marie, Trinidad is the mountain on which the St. Bernard family and its followers live. The spot was originally a cocoa plantation. Maman appeared on the plantation grounds to avenge the murders of two slaves who were hung after they ran away but were captured. Maman burned the plantation house to the ground. The people who lived there abandoned the property because they were afraid of Maman. Maman built the original house in which the St. Bernard women live on the ruins of the former plantation house.

Yejide lives at Morne Marie with her family. She takes Darwin there the first time they are together. When they arrive at the house, Darwin has a sense that he has been there previously, even though he has not. After Darwin is injured during his fight with Errol, Yejide takes Darwin to Morne Marie where he recovers from...