Beckett was injured and hiding out with Vikram Singh, the guy who gave her the call started all of that hell. They were in a building seized by NYPD, with no connections whatsoever to Kate, so it would give them a couple of days. Unfortunately, that safe place wouldn't be available for much longer. Later that night, the building was attacked by two very well trained teams – the kind shoots first and doesn't even ask any questions. Lucky for them, Rick's stepmother, Rita, showed up and saved the day, at least for the time being.

Meanwhile, Castle was struggling if the idea of his wife keeping him in the dark. He thought Bracken was the last dark spot in their past, but now his ghost seemed more alive than ever. When Kate went to talk to Bracken, he did the usual thing of threatening her, but this time the new captain said something scared the out of the ex-Senator: Loksat.

Vikram was an analyst for the Attorney's General office and he had to go on the run as soon as he realized Kate's old team had been killed, and the two of them were in the list to be the next.

Castle, Ryan and Esposito met with Allison Hyde from the A.G.'s office and got some disturbing news.

- When we started digging into him, we noticed some alarming discrepancies. - Hyde said.

- What kind of discrepancies? - Castle didn't like her ton at all.

- It appears that he forged his records to get a job with us. Vikram Singh is not the man he's pretending to be, which means we have to assume that he's up to no good.

The team was very worried, especially because they had no idea of how to find Kate and protect her from whatever the hell was happening!

Both Kate and Rick, even separated, managed to put together the same evidence at the same moment. The Loksat memo that got lots of people killed, Beckett's old team and Senator Bracken involved. They tracked down some number to a plane and a certain person and went ahead to make the arrest. Kate arrived with Vikram and Rick with Hayley. The couple was reunited at last.

- Kate. - Rick shouted as soon as he saw her.

- Castle, just shut up and kiss me! - She was so happy to see him again. Earlier that day, Rita had told her, in order to keep her beloved safe, she would have to keep running forever, but that wasn't an option.

He was so happy to be with her again. They had some things to sort out, but it was gonna be later. Now, the only thing mattered was that they were together again.

Castle noticed something wrong, but he still couldn't put his finger on it, yet. That woman wasn't the Kate he married. He had just said she couldn't trust Vikram and she chose to ignore his intel. It wasn't like her to just dismiss him like that.

- Tell me the truth. Come on. Do you have any idea how worried I was?

- Yeah, I do. I was gone for 36 hours. A year ago, you were gone for eight weeks. Eight weeks. - Kate didn't wanna bring up his disappearance, but he was just pushing too hard.

- That was different.

- Sure was. - She was starting to get annoyed. - You still don't remember what happened during six of those weeks, and yet I trusted you. - He didn't have to right to throw that at her like that. She deserved to have that one. - So, please, just trust me. I didn't do this to hurt you. I did it to protect you.

- Why am I so angry?

- You know what? When the shoe was on the other foot, I felt the same way.

- No. That's not it. It's you. Because I've... Seen this before.

- What is that supposed to mean?

- Nothing. - It wasn't nothing. Bracken's speech about Beckett's obsession was running through his head over and over again. And what was driving Castle insane is that he was right; she was starting to obsess again. It was written in her eyes all over again. - Just that we work better as a team.

When Castle looked up and saw a bag near the door and the look Kate had in her face, his heart broke into pieces in front of him. He didn't want even begin to think what that meant. The last time he saw that look in his wife's face, they were chasing down William Bracken. All that crap he told Rick back in the prison was starting to make sense

- Please do not tell me that son of a bitch knew you better than I do. - Castle was so mad right now. He couldn't believe Kate's obsession was starting all over again.

- I love you. I always will. Forgive me.

- Kate, if you really love me, why are you doing this? We can do this together, as always. You walk out of this door, you are destroying our marriage.

- Rick, I need you to trust me on this. And I hope you can find it in you to take me back when this is over.

She turned her back and walked out. He wanted to go after her, but something inside told him not to. He stood still for a moment, trying to process whatever the hell had just happened.

Castle started throwing dishes at the wall. Alexis and Martha were upstairs and came down running as soon as they heard the noise.

- Richard, what's going on?

- Where's Beckett, dad?

Rick looked at them, tears in his eyes:

- She… she left. - He didn't have the strength to say anything else. He was so damn angry. - I would like to be alone, if that's okay.

Alexis wanted to stay, but Martha knew better than to let her. They both left.

Castle went to his office and started a new file on his wife, just like the one he had many years ago. God, that hurt so much! The author couldn't believe that was going on, not after all they had been through to be together. Both of them had been shot and kidnapped, more than once and yet they managed to overcome all of that.

When Kate walked out that door, she felt the weight of the world in her shoulders, but it was too dangerous to keep Castle in the loop. She loved him so much and that was gonna get him killed; Alexis and Martha would also be in danger. Beckett was crying so hard; her brain kept telling her to stop wining and do what she had to do, her heart in the other hand, was broke into pieces. She knew what she had to do, so she just took a deep breath and left the building.

- You're making a mistake. - Rita said from inside the car.

- Tell me that again when this is over. Now shut up and drive. - Kate wiped away her tears and put the seat belt on.

- Last chance, Kate. You can still get back to your life and let go of all this.

Her silence was the answer. Beckett was determined and no one would stop her from reaching bottom.

The next step for Rick and Kate was gonna be a big and difficult one. Neither one of them knew how to deal with this new challenge; it was gonna be hard, but they weren't ready to let go of one another. Hopefully, their love will survive this terrible storm.