Chapter 1:

It was a sunny morning in New York City. The Castle loft was peaceful since Martha was gone to one of her many spa retreats and Alexis was off to college. The only people in the loft this morning were Castle and Beckett. Today was great because they had the chance to sleep in. Kate was the first to wake; as she was the cop therefore was always on alert. She awoke to Rick looking peaceful as always. For a long while, she just stared at him, embracing his every quality. He looked so peaceful and perfect this morning. While she was staring, he started to wake up. She smiled as his eyes slowly started to open.

"Good morning Kate." He said staring at her natural beauty.

"Hey Rick! We slept in late didn't we?"

"Yes and I'd like to sleep a little longer. Probably could if you stopped staring at me." He says jokingly.

"Alright Rick, I'll give you 15 minutes because I'm going to make us breakfast."

With that, she left him with his extra resting time.

While she was cooking her pancakes. Reminding herself of the meaning of that breakfast according to Esposito, she let out a smile. Kate was thinking of her future. She was so excited for her future life with Rick and knew he was the perfect match for her. Smiling, Castle walked in confused as to what she was doing.

"I know I am roguishly handsome but you don't have to make it that obvious."

That comment took her out of her trance.

"Wait, what?"

She blushed at that answer and ignored the comment he had made. Trying to change the subject, she said:

"Do you want some pancakes?" He let out an adorable smile so she took it as a yes.

They ate together. Talking about everything and anything.

After finishing their breakfast, they got dressed, planning to go for a Sunday run. Rick did not enjoy yoga, which was Kate's best way to exercise so they would go for runs to keep in shape. They were stretching and getting ready to leave when they got a phone call from the precinct.

"Beckett… Ok be right there."

She hung up and said to Castle, "There has been a murder in the Park. Let's go!"

Frustrated, the writer changed again and they left within 20 minutes of the phone call.

As they arrived at the park, there were many police vehicles and people crowding around the yellow tape area. This always made Beckett mad because it was none of their business; they were just making everything more difficult.

Approaching the body, it was not a very pleasant site. There was a young handsome man laying on the floor with 3 stab wounds and a lot of blood. Wanting to get right into it, Kate said:

"So what do we got Lanie?"

"Young male with 3 stab wounds to the chest area. The loss of blood caused his death."

"Do we have a time of death?"

"According to liver temp, I'd say he died between 9:00 and 11:00 last night. I'll know more once I get him back to the morgue."

"Ok thanks Lanie."

Right after she was done with Lanie, Kate turned to Esposito for some extra information.

"So Espo, any info about our victim?"

He then replied, "According to his drivers license in his wallet, his name is Mario Pacheca and he is 25 years old. He works for a company called Byron Enterprise. They work to create better technologic equipment for different purposes."

"Alright, me and Castle will go to his company and you talk to his next of kin."

Kate ordered. Hearing what his boss had said, Ryan added:

"He doesn't have any. His mother died in a car crash years ago, he doesn't have any siblings and his father was lost at sea when Mario was 19."

"Alright, you guys go check out his phone records, credit card and anything that could be useful to know about this guy."

With that order, she left with Castle to go check out Byron enterprise.