Dark Clouds || Rafe Cameron || OBX

{13} The island room

   
     VALERIE TRIED HER BEST  to get to the chateau as fast as she could. She didn't tell Rafe she was leaving, and by the numerous messages he had sent her she figured he realised she was gone.

Rafe did so much for her and she couldn't have been more grateful, but the pogues were her friends, actually, screw friends, they were her family.

Her parents had also left her about a thousand unread messages about where she was and that she had to be home due to her unhealed rib. Once she made it to the chateau, she walked over as quickly as she could to the group that had been hanging out in the back.

"Val?" JJ stood up, rushing over to her. "You should be resting." He took her hand gently and led her to one of the couches, making her sit down.

"What's wrong?" John B asked, worried.

"I was over at Rafe's" she began to speak, surely by the looks of the pogues faces they already thought the worst of it, as if Rafe tried to kill Valerie aswell. "Don't worry, I'm fine. But-"

"But?" Kie lifted her upper body up, looking deep into Valerie's eyes, waiting impatiently for her to continue.

"Limbrey literally come by." She explained.

"What?" All the pogues shouted, by now all of them were sitting up.

"Yeah, I swear." She spoke out of breath. "She said something about an island room." Valerie explained.

All of them now were looking at each other, obviously knowing something about the island room.

"What?" Valerie frowned. "Is there something I don't know about?"

"Okay. So, you know that key I found?" Pope began. Valerie slowly nodded, still confused.
"Basically I found this secret message, the path to the tomb begins in the island room, it's talking about the cross."

"fuck." Valerie sighed.

"Val, did you tell Rafe you were coming to warn us?" JJ looked over at Valerie, hoping her answer would be no.

"No." She shook her head. „The moment they went to the dinning room I left without saying a word, I needed to tell you guys because I knew it was going to be something mixed with you."

Pope let out a relived sigh. Just after a few seconds Sarah had shown up.

"Well hello, Princess." JJ spoke.

"What's up?" Kie added

Sarah pouted her lips forward, while her fists were hit against eachother. She looked stressed.

"Shouldn't you be on figure eight, with your little group of polo players?" John B teased, obviously trying to hurt her in the process.

Sarah sent him a sarcastic smile just before he once again added. "Or did you break up with topper?" He scrunched his face.

"We're just friends." She replied, irritated by the way he was acting before walking away from him.

"Oh he's just a friend." John B nodded. "You have a lot of friends, Sarah Cameron."

"Yeah, and it seems like you've got some of your own too." She turned around, facing him.