Shot!
Lieutenant Joanna Palmer of the NYPD its Internal Affairs Division had a nickname; Ice Queen. Cops that found herself under her investigation usually found themselves ending up shattered, rather badly in some cases.
Palmer was in the observation room looking through the mirror, studying the man in the in the chamber. His jacket was on the table and the top button of his blouse was undone, she didn't recognize the brand, but in overall, the man now in her interrogation room had a rather ruggedly handsome appearance.
And that worried Palmer. Cops gone bad and some of the other assorted problems that found their way to Internal Affairs she could handle. Other civilians sure, but mystery writers like this guy...Palmer had this rather odd feeling she was out of her league, way out of her league.
Castle wasn't a cop, by a long shot she knew that for a certainty from the file the department now had on him. And the 12th had broken some rules by somehow giving him a gun for a brief time or two. And now the bosses had more or less ordered her to look into it. So the 12th abounded with rumors, most of which said something along the lines of the " the Ice Queen cometh"
A collective shock ran through the entire station when those rumors turned out to be true. That was the same day that Castle was summoned into Montgomery's office, alone. From there the Captain marched the author into said room and told him to wait.
" Problem, Lieutenant?" The voice of Roy Montgomery startled her " No sir, I just want to get a read on him." Montgomery managed to hide a chuckle rather successfully. He knew Castle. The Lieutenant would be in for quite a ride. She left him standing as she headed out.
Montgomery saw Castle writing in his little black book as Palmer entered the room. He saw the writer just barely glance at the door to where Palmer now stood " Mr Castle, I'm lieutenant Palmer."
Palmer walked into the room to the table where Castle now stood. As she got to the table he extended his hand " Pleased to meet you, Lieutenant."
" Usually there's one or two cops in this room and they're not really pleased to meet me, mr Castle." She produced her credentials and gave him time to look it over " Internal affairs, the police that police the police."
" Correct." Palmer smiled at first then frowned as Castle briefly shuddered " Anything wrong mr Castle?" Castle sat down at the same as she did " No, it's just that I'm reminded of one of Detective Beckett her cases. One of the suspects had just about the same lipstick as you have."
This time Montgomery did chuckle.
Palmer remained professional " Good thing you bring this up, because this is the reason I'm here." Castle nodded. " It went badly this time." The report on file had been very clear on this, and the author just reaffirmed it. Yet, Joanna Palmer didn't feel smug. Her curiosity wasn't even close to satisfied with the author's answer.
" What happened, Mr Castle?"