Author's Note : This is one of my first muti-fic stories. It might get 2-3 more chapters depending on the response i get.

Reviews are more than welcome. Constructive critisicm makes my day. Just tell me if you like it or not.

Rating is K

Disclaimer : The world of Castle does not belong to me. I am just borrowing them to pass my time.

The decision she had taken to pursue LOCSAT had taken its toll on Kate. She knew it would be tough but had never taught having Castle within reach but not giving in to her feelings for him would be this difficult. Now she could fully appreciate how she had made Castle feel the year after she had been shot. Atleast she had the assurance that Castle knew she loved him now.

The hollow feeling had creeped into the place her heart had been just as she was taking those few steps away from the loft, towards the elevator. She felt like a zombie but she knew she had to keep up the facade to keep Espo, Ryan and Lanie from dragging her back to Castle. These last few days had been the hardest in her life. But she had to go on.

The only thing keeping her going was the fact that the sooner she found this LOCSAT guy and put him behind bars, the sooner she could get back together with Castle. It was with this very taught that she stepped into the precinct this morning.

"Morning Captain, we caught a new case just now, would you like to join us ?", said Espo. He knew that even though Beckett had wanted to become Captain very badly, she missed the field work she did as a detective. "Sure Espo, give me a minute".

The murder had taken place near a live music club but the victim did not look like he was a nightlife person. He was pretty well dressed except for the clean hole in his office suit where the bullet had pierced his heart.

"Well the cause of death is the 9mm bullet hole to his heart. It was a single shot with a clean exit wound. I think the killer was a professional judging by the placement of the shot.", said Lanie.

"Anyway to Id him ?", asked Ryan. "No wallet or Id on the body. You will have to wait until I get him back to the morgue and run DNA and fingerprints."

"Espo, look around for clues here, Ryan and I will go interview the girl who informed us of the crime and see if she saw or heard anything. ", said Kate. "I am off to the morgue.", said Lanie and then standing up and coming closer to Kate, she said in a low voice, "I want you to come home for a ladies night out tonight, girl. I know you are going through some distressing stuff and you won't tell us anything about it, but I want you to know we are all there for you and God knows you could use the break tonight. "

"Thanks Lanie", said Kate with a hint of a smile, thanking the day she became friends with the kind hearted ME. Just then her phone rang. She answered with a curt "Captain Beckett".

"Kate, Alexis here. Martha didn't want me to call you but I thought you should know, Dad..."

Kate's heart started racing and her world started spinning. What had her husband gotten himself into this time ?