Love

Chapter 9

Kate had spent the last few weeks deeply involved in her cases. It felt as though all of New York had decided to kill each other. It was an exaggeration of course, however, their work load was piling up.

She'd finally agreed to take a day off and recover, though having a day off presented her with a problem. Granted it was a nice problem, it was just one she needed to understand and how to prevent it.

She had the lights on, her phone was set up and already recording yet another movie, and she was naked, sitting on the edge of her bed. "Richard Castle…I need you." Her addiction to having sex with him was making it presence known.

Kate suppressed a smile when he just showed up naked and with an erection as always. She had a lot of questions for him, but her addiction had her reaching out to stroke his amazing cock. Moments later she was licking it and taking it into her mouth. Even after all this time she still loved his taste. She was soon rewarded with the taste of his come. She licked his cock clean to get every last drop. She lay back on her bed and spread her legs wide. "Fuck me." Kate watched as he lined up his cock to her entrance and slowly pressed himself into her. Like all the times before, the feeling of being so full with his huge cock deep inside her was amazing. No man had ever accomplished what Castle was capable of doing. He was the best, hands down.

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Kate had talked him into staying…again. She was curled up next to him and was lazily stroking his hard cock. "How do you do that?"

Rick had enjoyed sex with her as he always did. Even now he was enjoying having her hand stroking his erection slowly and teasingly. "Do what?" Her hand was going to give him another climax if she kept this up. The feeling was so amazing.

"Your cock. It's too big to fit inside me. It should split me open and leave me bleeding badly." Let alone what it should be doing to her internal organs.

"Magic," Rick answered vacantly, his mind on feeling his orgasm slowly build. He needed her not to stop.

"Magic." Kate rolled her eyes. "Magic doesn't exist, so how are you doing it?" She was a down-to-earth kind of girl. Magic was a fantasy. Even if Dr. Gallagher had told her otherwise.

"Magic's everywhere; everywhere you look there's magic. It surrounds you. You just have to look and believe." Rick squeezed his eyes shut and groaned. His groan had Kate looking and smiling. She finally had control. She decided to play with him and took her hand away with great effort. They'd had sex and her addiction had been satisfied so now she could do what she wanted…mostly.

His eyes flew open when she removed her hand. Rick needed release. She couldn't do this to him. He was the one who had control here. "Stroke my cock," he commanded.

Kate actually reached out, but stopped herself. "How do you get into my bedroom without using the windows or the door?"

Rick was amazed at her strength of will. She was actually able to resist him. No woman had ever resisted one of his commands. Kate truly was special. "It's called Gate. It's an ability. It's magic." He tried again. "Stroke my cock!"

She thought about that and was ready to ask him another question when she noticed that she was stroking his cock and Castle was moaning. She'd succumbed to stroking his cock. Still she knew he was close so she actually sped up since she wanted to taste his come again.

Kate was stroking his cock as fast as she could. She heard Castle moan loudly and watched as his first spurt landed all over his chest. See that, she continued to stroke his cock. She wanted to see him spurt again.

Rick was spent and Kate was licking his come off of his chest. "I must leave." He could hear a woman calling for a man to fuck her. Maybe she was suitable for his master.

She looked up at him with a mouth full of his come. She really wanted him to spend the night with her again. She still had a lot of questions. "Will you go on another date with me?" She needed for his guard to be down so he would talk.

"Your clothes again. …Just summon me when you're ready." He was willing to spend time with her. He was wondering what she had in mind this time.

Kate had her answer and he was gone in an instant. She fell onto her bed since his body was no longer under her. She swallowed all of his come. "Gate?" She had another clue, but it didn't make any sense. He kept talking about magic. Real magic not that David Copperfield stuff that was strictly illusion.

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Rick immediately liked the look of her. She appeared to be a perfect fit for his master. She was white, had long blonde hair, a nice chest size, and was young enough. Maybe a little short but he would surely overlook that.

"Stroke my cock," he commanded and felt her start stroking his cock with both of her hands. As nice as it was, her hands were nothing compared to Kate's. He still didn't understand why that was. Even as she started to lick his cock on her own without being commanded to, he wished it was Kate who was licking his cock. Kate was special and he really wanted her to summon him back to her.

"You want me to fuck you." Rick made it sound like a command instead of a question.

"Yes." She couldn't believe the size of his cock. It was totally amazing. She didn't even think for a second that it wouldn't fit inside her. She just wanted him and his cock.

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Rick had fucked her and she was sleeping so he Jumped to his ship. Once there he took off his ring, set it on the pedestal, and went below deck. He went back to cleaning up all the stuff he'd found. The Githyanki and whoever had attacked them had left a lot behind. He just wasn't sure how much of it was worth anything. Though even if it looked broken he thought maybe it might still be useful.

He picked up all of the armor and took it up to the crew's quarters and stowed it there to go with all of the armor and weapons he had taken off of the dead bodies. Then he went back down for another load. "OH, FUCK!" Rick found what he didn't want to find. "A fucking Githyanki Silver Sword." He needed to use something to move it since he didn't dare touch it. He wrapped it up inside one of the damaged sails and took it above deck. He really thought he had found them all. The blasted thing had to go and it had to be dumped nowhere near here.

Silver Sword:

The sword looks like a standard weapon while still in its sheath, but when drawn, it transforms into a column of silvery liquid, altering the weapons balance while it is wielded every second as the blade's shape flows and shimmers.

The blades are handed out to only the most powerful of Githyanki or are in some way related to the ruling body that serves their queen.

Rick traveled alone to the very far side of the asteroid field. He wound up, threw it as far as he could, and watched it sail out into the Astral Plane until he lost sight of the damn thing. "Good riddance." He counted himself lucky that a traveling Githyanki or their enemy hadn't felt its presence and come to retrieve it. He was powerful, especially with his new weapon, but even he wasn't strong enough to take a squad of Githyanki or one of their enemies.

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Kate had wracked her brain for a place for their second date. She'd actually enjoyed watching him laughing and screaming. Then an idea hit her. "The Comedy Cellar." The comedians might get him laughing. They served food and even better they served drinks. Kate was sure she could drink him under the table. Maybe alcohol would loosen his tongue and get him talking.

She decided not to wear something quite as revealing. She was banking on the alcohol to loosen his tongue instead of teasing him.

It was already late and she decided she was set. She had briefly considered having a drink to calm her nerves but that might defeat the purpose of getting him drunk. She might need that one drink to defeat him.

"Richard Castle…I need you." Kate waited and was happy it only took a few seconds. As usual he arrived naked and had an enormous erection. The sight of it had her squeezing her eyes closed. The risk of them never leaving her apartment was too great if she didn't. "Time for our date. Your clothes are in the bedroom. Can you handle that yourself?" She meant his erection. If he couldn't she might be willing to give him a quick blow job if that was all it would take.

Rick was torn. He really did want to have sex with her. But he was also interested in another what she called a date. He was curious and chose their date before sex. "I'll get dressed." Besides he could always convince her to have sex after the date was over like last time.

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"The Comedy Cellar." Rick read the name and noticed that you actually went down a set of stairs to get below a building.

Kate stopped to read the board. She'd chosen the 7:00 pm showing since that would leave them time for sex after they got back.

MC: William Stephenson

From: Crashing – Dan Naturman

From: Joan Knows Best – Lynne Koplitz

From: Crashing – Keith Robinson

From: Comedy Central – Gary Gutman

From: Comedy Central – Julian McCullough

From: Crashing – Freer Barnes

Kate didn't recognize any of the names. Mostly because she didn't really frequent this place much. But it told her that there would be six comedians tonight with the next show being at 8:45 pm. It wasn't a lot of time to try and get Castle drunk. Maybe she would have to use the bottle of tequila she had at home. Since 7:00 pm was almost 30 minutes away they had time to order food and their first drink.

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Since Rick wasn't familiar with the fare offered, Kate ordered their food and something to drink it down with and looked around. They were at their own little table and the place was filling up fast. He wasn't sure how anyone was supposed to move around let alone deliver their food. The tables were really close together. Kate sat across from him and he was almost rubbing shoulders with the guy next to him.

Rick watched as the first guy was introduced. He saw him come out and stand there with this thin metal stick in front of him. Whatever it was, he noticed that it helped him throw his voice.

Over the years he'd learned what electricity was and wondered why his realm hadn't switched to it. It would be so useful.

Rick listened to him but didn't really see anything interesting in anything he said. But he saw that a number of people were laughing, including Kate.

Their drinks showed up while a guy announced the next person. "Drink, Castle, it's good." Kate took a big drink of hers to get him to do the same. She'd even ordered another drink when the server had dropped these two off. If she was going to get alcohol into Castle she needed to keep his glass full.

Rick listened to the next guy and actually smiled several times at what he said. He was at least pleasant enough to listen to. "They're jokes, Castle, you're supposed to laugh." She'd heard him laugh before.

He took another large drink and found that there was another one waiting for him. He had to admit that what Kate was getting them did taste pretty good. He took large swallows to finish the one he had so he could start on the new one.

Kate decided that a new tactic was called for. Yes, he was drinking but it didn't look like he was having any fun. So she started laughing hard with each joke. Maybe if she laughed hard Castle would start to enjoy it all.

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Kate still wasn't sure if he'd had any fun. Getting out was a lot harder than getting in since the place had to be emptied for the next show and everyone left the same way they got in.

The food had been just okay as far as Kate was concerned. People definitely didn't go there for the cuisine. You didn't go there for the drinks, either. She was sure they were watered down and even she barely felt any buzz at all. She had only managed to get three drinks into Castle. Definitely not enough to get him drunk.

It wasn't late yet so maybe a trip to a bar to get REAL drinks might help. Thankfully the city was full of bars and Kate had no trouble finding the first one after walking for a short distance.

She ordered drinks, only this time it was straight tequila. If she was going to get him drunk, this should do it. However, after his first sip her plan fell flat. "It's tasteless." Rick pushed his glass away and refused to touch it again.

"It's smooth," Kate countered as she drank hers down. It was also strong. Rick shook his head.

"How do you get into my room, Castle?" She still had questions. Yes, he'd said that he Gated in, but just what was that? What did he mean by Gate?

"Magic," he replied just as a different drink arrived; Kate had ordered something more fruity for him. He saw the face she was making. "You really don't believe in magic, do you?"

She shook her head. "There are illusionists, but there's no real magic." She just wasn't buying it.

Rick thought about it and what he had stored on his ship. That and maybe my ring, he thought, except my ring works more slowly. "I'll prove it to you. Find a large open space with no people and call for me." He looked around furtively and vanished.

"Castle!" She couldn't believe he did that. "Damn it!" The date had turned out to be mostly a bust. She hadn't gotten him drunk and hadn't learned anything new. Add to that he had just up and disappeared on her in the middle of a bar, no less.

"Magic." Kate huffed out a laugh. There was a time long, long ago she might have actually fallen for there being magic. Then her mother had been murdered and magic died with her.

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Kate couldn't believe she'd done it. She knew just the place. Large, wide open, and no one went there. "This is stupid." She wasn't really sure why she was there in the first place. Had she come because she wanted answers? Had she come because of sex? He'd left before going home and having enough sex that would blow her mind. "Damn it, Beckett, get a hold of yourself." It wasn't because she was beginning to like him and not just his cock and what he could do with it.

"Or his hands, or his lips or his tongue." She groaned. "I'm so screwed." She took a deep breath and yelled, "Richard Castle, I need you." The sooner they got this over with the sooner she had more answers. Plus she was going to enjoy proving that real magic didn't exist. She was looking forward to rubbing his nose in it.

Kate saw him suddenly appear like always. She was still trying to figure out how he did that. It certainly wasn't magic. He was even still dressed in the clothes she had bought him.

"Nice place." Rick looked around and thought this place might work. "I brought something for you." He held out a small bottle, placed it in Kate's hand, and gently curled her fingers around it.

"What's this?" It was maybe a little larger than the average tube used when they took blood for testing.

Rick smiled at her since he was about to prove that magic did indeed exist and she was going to learn it. "It's a magic potion; drink it."

Kate made a face. "I'm not drinking this. I don't even know what it is." She held it by two fingers and looked it over. There did appear to be a liquid inside it. It was colorless and the bottle had a cork stopper

"It's magic, drink it," he said. "It's not poison and it won't hurt you." He tried again. "…Drink it."

"What will it do?" If she got sick because she drank this stuff she was so going to hurt him.

"Drink it and find out." Rick wasn't going to give it away, she was going to have to find out for herself.

Kate looked it over and pulled the stopper out. Then she raised it to her nose and took a sniff. It smelled like…like it did after it had just rained. The rain had taken all of the pollutants out of the air and left the air smelling fresh and new. "Not poison and it won't hurt me?" She looked at him and saw him glare at her. "Fine." It was time to prove it to him. She emptied it into her mouth and swooshed it around. It tasted a lot like it smelled. It tasted like fresh rain water. So she swallowed it and handed the empty bottle back to Castle.

"Now what? I don't feel any different." Kate spread her arms wide to show him it didn't work.

Rick smiled at her. "You want to go up there." He pointed at the top of the building a few blocks away.

"Up there? I don't want to go up there." There was no way she was walking that far just so she could climb all those stairs and prove to him that magic didn't exist. "I'd have to flyyyyy." Kate suddenly found she was in the air and flying toward the building Castle had pointed at. She turned around and found herself flying back to him. He just stood there as she flew over his head and kept going.

"NO WAY!" What she was doing was impossible. She reached up to search for the wires that somehow got attached to her. Except she didn't hit anything and missed seeing Rick laughing at her as she flapped her arms and flailed her legs as she flew.

Kate turned around and found herself flying back toward Castle and over his head yet again. This time she flew farther out and got a lot higher. She figured out that where she looked was the direction she would fly. It had her flying all over.

She purposely flew back toward Castle and zoomed over his head again. "This is amazing!" She was loving it. She could go anywhere she wanted in a manner that should be impossible, but she was doing it!

Rick was tempted to unfurl his wings and fly with her. However, doing so would require that he drop the illusion of what he looked like now and he didn't think she was ready for that yet, so he just watched.

Kate just kept flying all over and couldn't help herself. She was smiling widely and enjoying herself immensely. So she flew over Castle again. "How long does it last?" She was learning that she couldn't just stop and hover. She had to keep moving.

Castle answered as she flew past him. "One hour."

"AN HOUR!" She was going to be up here for an hour?! "An hour," she said to herself and decided to take advantage of it. She began flying farther out and a lot higher, smiling all the way.