Chapter 25

Drake asked me if I wanted to divorce him. I told him I will think about it. I just wanted to go back home. The witch queen waved her hand into the smoke and created a portal to Dracula's palace. I told her I trust her as far as I can throw her. I walked toward the swamp and fished out the mirror. I asked Zola to take me home. She used sign language and asked me to direct the mirror at the tree like creatures. She gave the orders in the form of a weird screech. The creatures immediately transformed into Ents and hugged each other tightly. They started twisting and turning till they looked like a weird Celtic knot. The center opened up and I was shown a portal with a silver and blue light sailing like a vortex. I was asked to focus on where I wanted to go and walk right through. The question was where do I open the portal. If I open it near the cannibals they might attack me. In the end I imagined the cave on Kong Island. It appeared very faintly. I saw it but Dracula didn't because I was the one who will walk through it. It shows different places to different people. So unless they were holding on to me for dear life, they will end up elsewhere. I waved goodbye and I walked in. I didn't fall on my butt or anything. It was like taking a walk around the block. A whirlpool opened and the Ents arrived. The Pixies cleaned them up and maintained them till they were sure these guys weren't going get covered in life threatening mold or termites. And I went back to building my cabin.

A few days later I was doing finishing touches to my cabin floor by adding a secret compartment when James came to see me. He wanted to know when I was divorcing Dracula. I told him that I will think about it. He seemed insistent that I get it over with quickly. But like I said as angry as I was for killing him. I understood that he had spent most of his life a bloodthirsty beast. He only learned to control himself after we got married. This seemed to piss him off. But he behaved like an adult and walked away.

The next day Dracula came to see me. He was fidgeting nervously. I told him that I had forgiven him. I understood what type of life he had lived so I can't blame him. He thrived by instilling fear. He was infamous for losing his temper. I am upset but I had no intention of divorcing him. I want to remain his wife but he had to promise me that he will undergo anger management. Also he must allow me to stay here from time to time. I will go anywhere he wants with him. But I am here because the council has mixed feelings about me. I am a guest of Zola till the situation is fixed. He seems content with my conditions. He thought that I would throw stuff at him. He assumed that I would swear like a sailor. He even imagined us having a hand to hand combat for his words to penetrate my heart and all sorts of scenarios that he refused to tell me about. He was pleased that I was more understanding just like his previous wife. I reminded him that while I resemble her I have my differences. He better makes peace with who I am.

A few minutes later he was grinning like an idiot. He even helped me do some finishing touches to the cabin. He seemed keen to get on my good side. He carved a wreath of Roses on my door. When it was completed he wanted to buy me furniture and clothes. I told him to buy me all the clothes he wants. But as far as furniture goes he is helping me make them all. We will make every piece of furniture in our new house including the bed frame. He gave me a look that made me blush eight shades of red.

We sat to watch the waves. He spotted the waves going in two different directions forming a quadrilateral shape. He was so surprised that he pointed it out to me. I told him these are called grid waves or cross swells or square waves. It is a deadly phenomenon. Anyone who is in the water when this happens is dead. Even the most experienced person wouldn't stand a chance if they got caught in this. When the two waves going in two different directions meet and the result is deadly. The waves will kill us if we go in there when it occurs. No one knows when this would happen. It is a rare thing and only occurs in certain places. This is a literal nightmare. The next deadly wave is the tsunami. Growing up I had heard of two divers that went down for repairs. One got caught in these waves and he was pushed underwater. The other guy watched helplessly as his friend died. He had to wait till it subsided to retrieve him. He dead and the other guy got PTSD. It also causes shipwrecks. He was fascinated by my words till James arrived and I shook my head.

He wanted to know if the divorce was going to happen and how. Dracula told him that I had changed my mind and he got angry. He wanted to know why I was interested in staying with him after everything that he had done. He and Drake yelled at each other in an ancient language which I have to learn so I don't look like an idiot. When they were done he turned around and accused me of being a groupie. I told him that how I live my life was my business. I never chose to be a vampire but I will choose of my own free will how I live it. James started to fume and he closed his eyes to calm down. He opened his eyes and gently looked me in the eye and forced his decision on me. He ordered me to go to council and declare my divorce and have Drake arrested for my parents murder. My legs started to move by own accords but I did managed to take a step back only to move two steps forward. I screaming for help. I tried fight it till we reached the portal James had arranged. I never made it through the portal because Dracula pulled me away and blew on the horn. Corazon came running along with a few other mermaids. Behind them was every cannibal tribe that lived on this island. In between fight the urge to go through the portal I clearly heard Dracula giving a hair raising screech. They attacked James like he was dinner. Corazon reached out to me. Then everything went black.