Disclaimer: See you get a second chapter within the same day from me unlike the actual show which we have to wait far too long for.

A/N: Still excepting guesses for the song I'm basing my next story on.

~Rose

Chapter Thirty-Eight

"Oh, you run away, cause I am not what you found"

Alycce knew she had to expose her boss before he killed anyone else. She couldn't let on that she knew what he had done or she would end up dead herself. This was not a matter to fool around with; she needed to go straight to the police.

~O.o.O.o.O~

Captain Gates heard a knock on her office door and figured it must be Beckett, Ryan, or Esposito updating her on the death of Mr. Castle's doorman and Maddox being in his apartment.

"Come in," she called out and a uniform entered.

"Captain." He greeted, "there's a woman named Alycce Murray here to see you. She says it's urgent."

Gates had no clue who the woman was but she wasn't about to turn her away. "Bring her in."

"Captain," a shy-looking, young woman said with a head nod as she entered.

"Have a seat," Gates replied, surprisingly warmly for her. "You have something urgent to tell me?"

"I have information on multiple homicides, two of which being my father Scott Murray and the mother of one of your detectives, Johanna Beckett."

~O.o.O.o.O~

Nicole had been checked out and deemed okay but Lanie insisted she stay at her place for the night anyways. Javi was over at the Ryans' for dinner which just left Castle and Beckett.

Not wanting to stay in Castle's loft right now, the two of them were currently curled up on Beckett's couch watching a movie.

Castle hadn't looked impressed when Kate picked You've Got Mail but he was clearly enjoying himself and Kate even caught him crying at one point.

When the movie was almost finished (two bags of M&Ms and a bowl and a half of popcorn later) Kate lifted her head from where it was nuzzled in Castle's chest and turned it to look at him."I love you," she said softly.

Castle smiled. He loved hearing her say it out of the blue like that. No fights, no near death experiences, just because.

"I love you too Kate." He wanted to say so much more, tell her exactly what she meant to him, but no words would come. A writer with no words. It was ironic that a woman who gave him so much inspiration to write stories could also leave him so speechless.

Choosing instead to show her how he felt, he cupped her chin and tilted her head up to capture her lips in a kiss.

Kate ran her hands through his hair as Rick's ran up and down her back.

The kiss had just barely gotten heated when they were interrupted by the shrill noise of Beckett's phone.

"Beckett," she answered with a scowl for being disrupted.

"Detective, I think you and Castle better come into the precinct..." Gate's voice trailed off.

Castle couldn't tell what was being said on the other end but as Kate listened her face got more and more solemn and determined.

"Castle," she whispered, voice full of emotion, as she hung up.

He didn't take it as a good sign.

~O.o.O.o.O~

"Who is it?" Kate demanded as she entered Gate's office. "Who had my mom killed?"

"Kate, calm down," Castle whispered quietly enough that only she could hear.

He was right. She sucked in a breath and composed herself before sitting down across from Gates.

Castle sat down in the single seat next t her and turned to the captain. "So who is he? Who is the dragon?"

"Senator James Kurt," the captain replied.

Kate was at a loss for words so Castle pitched in, "What are we going to do about it Sir?"

"it's already done; I went to the media."

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