𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐘 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 ❀ rafe cameron

After her grandmother was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a cancerous, highly aggressive brain tumour, Halle Blues found herself grasping at straws.

She was in possession of nothing. No family to help, no money for treatment, and no faith that fate would for once be on her side. But when she walks into Heyward's Seafood to find the father of her lab partner being assaulted, everything changes.

A woman, Carla Limbrey they tell her, is searching for the Cross of Santo Domingo, an eight-foot tall historical artefact made from pure gold and hundreds of gemstones. Rightfully, it belongs to Pope Heyward, and thankfully, he feels like sharing.

- also on ao3 under 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐬𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞