Love

Chapter 10

There was a question. What would happen if Kate summoned Castle in the middle of a church and THREW, not through, Holy Water on him? Answer : He would get wet.

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Kate had a case. She was walking through a cemetery in the middle of the night when she shivered. Normally it wouldn't bother her being in a cemetery. It was just that suddenly her mind went to what the doctor had said about demons. Castle didn't look like a demon and the other night when he had given her a potion that had sent her flying had been a real thrill. It only gave her more reason to not believe that Castle was a demon. He was being far too kind and loving to be an evil demon.

She walked up to Lanie and the boys. "Are you kidding me?! Is that a stake through his heart?"

"Somebody thought he was a vampire," Espo commented. But Kate knew vampires didn't exist.

"So did he." Lanie opened his mouth to show vampire fangs. "And they're not plastic pop-ins, either."

"Those are real? You're telling me those are real?" Kate had seen a lot while on the force during Halloween, but this was a first even for her.

"That or high end veneers; maybe he really is a vampire," Lanie said after she moved her hand away.

"No ID, no phone. I've got guys sweeping the area," Espo added.

Ryan showed up to add his two cents. "No witnesses, either."

Lanie shared what she thought. "It looks like he struggled. I'm thinking he hit his head on the stone after he stumbled or someone knocked him in the head before he was stabbed."

"Who would go to the trouble of killing someone this way?" Kate couldn't think of a reason to kill a person with a stake through the heart.

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Kate was ready. She was naked and sitting on the edge of the bed. "Richard Castle, I need you." She could feel the need to hold his cock, taste his cock, taste his come, and have the feeling of having him inside her. However, this time it was her idea.

Rick arrived directly in front of her and he had an impressive erection as always. Kate wasted no time in wrapping her fingers around his cock and licking it from the base to the tip. She kept it up until he climaxed in her mouth. She swirled her tongue around her mouth to taste him. "I love your taste," she purred and got up so that she was on her hands and knees on her bed. "Fuck me. Pound my pussy into submission with your cock."

Kate was soon moaning as she watched Castle slowly insert his massive cock inside her. "GOD! Fuck me, babe, fuck me hard and fast." She needed to feel his cock pound her pussy.

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She was resting on Castle, running her hand across his chest while she gave it tiny kisses. She talked about her work with him for the first time. "We found a guy with a stake driven into his heart today."

"A vampire!" Suddenly Rick was scared for a reason he couldn't understand. "Did he bite you?" He got up, forcing Kate off of him, and frantically searched her body for bite marks.

"He didn't bite me, he was already dead." Kate found it sweet that he was concerned for her. It only reinforced her belief that he wasn't a demon. A demon wouldn't be this caring.

Rick stopped searching her body and looked at her. "You're sure?"

"Positive." Kate pushed him back down so she could lay back down on top of him.

"The other night when I went flying – are there other potions and magic?" What else could he make her do? Could he turn her into a super hero? She could think of a couple of female super heroes she wouldn't mind being.

"There's an almost limitless number of potions. And scrolls and magic items that number in the hundreds if not thousands. So you believe in magic now?" He smiled as he looked down at her.

"I'm starting to." Kate couldn't believe it. Real magic. "Can you bring another potion that does something else next time? Maybe I can use it after our date." She wanted to take him for another date soon.

"Coney Island?" Rick asked, smiling.

Kate chuckled. She had a believer in Coney Island and she was responsible for it. "I was thinking something more dark and private. Have some good food and just talk." She needed to learn a whole lot more about him.

Rick wasn't sure she was ready for the truth about him, but he was willing to learn more about her. He might as well start now. "Detective Beckett. What do you do?"

Kate smiled and kissed his chest. "I'm a homicide detective. I hunt down people who have murdered someone. I put them in prison so they can't hurt anyone else."

"Sounds dangerous." Suddenly Rick was trying to think of things he could give her that would help protect her.

"It can be sometimes. But I have a good team. We help each other. Right now we need to find out who killed a guy who thought he was a vampire." Kate ran a finger across his chest.

"Thought he was a vampire? He wasn't a real vampire?" Why would anyone think that they were a vampire but weren't?

She swatted his chest lightly. "Of course not. Vampires aren't real."

"Don't tell the vampires that or they'll suck you dry." Rick was being serious.

"Funny." Kate pinched him for playing with her and got him to squeal a bit from it. That made her grin. It also had her reaching down to take hold of his limp cock. "Ready for another round, lover?" She rubbed the head and watched his cock begin to enlarge.

"Always." Rick would have sex with her all day or all night long if she asked him. He enjoyed having sex with her. Thankfully none of his other women were calling for him.

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Rick was standing next to the bed while Kate was sitting on the edge of the mattress. She had a hand on his limp cock and was rubbing it. Even like this she loved the look and feel of his cock.

"Call for me when you need me. For any reason." Rick leaned down to give her a quick kiss. "Are you listening?" He meant for any reason.

"I heard you. Call for you when I need you." Kate lifted up to kiss him back and felt him gone. When she opened her eyes she found him gone. "I forgot to ask how he does that."

Kate flopped onto the bed. He was the best lover she had ever had. He was perfect in a lot of ways. "Chinese, Italian, or steak?" She questioned herself in anticipation of their next date. Right after we solve this case, she thought.

She didn't want to wait until her addiction kicked in. She needed to be clear-headed to ask questions and get some answers. "And don't forget that potion, Castle." She wanted to experience real magic again.

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"We're after Morgan Lockerby. We want him alive so no shooting," Kate told the guys after they located a place where he might be staying using the drawings they found in Crow's apartment.

Kate caught sight of a real coffin just sitting there. "You gotta be kidding me! Okay, one…, two…, three!" She heaved the lid open with the guys training their weapons on it. "Empty." She relaxed and willed her heart to settle down. Then out of nowhere suddenly someone jumped on Ryan and a tussle began. During the altercation they broke a piece of glass that allowed sunlight to enter the space.

"Get him off me, get him off." Ryan yelled as they both fell to the ground. Espo yanked him off. "HE BIT ME!" Ryan screamed and clapped a hand over his neck.

However, their suspect rolled into the sun and his skin started to burn. "He really is a vampire!" Espo didn't believe it but suddenly he did. Kate's jaw dropped, causing her mouth to open wide. Suddenly what Castle had said came back to her mind.

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Lanie walked back to all three of them. "He's not a vampire."

"But we saw him burn in the sunlight," Espo asserted. Only vampires did that.

She shook her head and explained, "He has porphyria, also known as vampire disease. Its symptoms include sensitivity to sunlight. Blisters, and burns. Other symptoms are paranoia and hallucinations."

Ryan nervously put his hand on the bandage on his neck. "Exactly how contagious is it?"

"You're fine, besides I put enough antibiotics on it to kill a small animal. Now if there's nothing else I've got work to do. I have a body on my slab." Lanie left the three of them.

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"How's your vampire?" Rick was intrigued by Kate's latest case.

"He's not a real vampire. His teeth were fakes. We're still trying to figure out who killed him. We've got a suspect but he's mentally unstable. Besides I'm not sure he killed him." Kate went back to looking over the menu.

"Good. Vampires are dangerous and their kiss can do far more than just take your blood." Rick looked at his menu. This entire menu thing was strange. There were so many choices. Did they actually make all these things?

What he said had Kate looking up. Did he really mean that there were real vampires?

"So did you bring another potion for me to try?" Kate's mind wasn't on making a selection. She closed her menu and put it down on the table.

"I did." Rick reached into his pocket and handed it over.

Kate took it and looked it over. The contents had a slight blue tint to it. The bottle itself looked just like the previous one. "What's it do?" It didn't have anything on it that would tell her.

"And ruin the surprise?" He gave her a clue anyway. "We need to find a lot of water so you can go swimming."

"You know I hate surprises." She was more than willing to give them but hated getting them.

"Too bad. We need water, lots and lots of water." He tilted his head. "What are prawns?" That was another problem with this menu. He had no idea what half of this stuff was.

"Seafood. Water, huh?" All the pools she knew about were closed for the season. Though there were hotels that had indoor pools. It presented her with a challenge.

"Seafood?" He looked puzzled. Her answer didn't help him any.

"You don't know what seafood is?" Kate stared at him like she didn't believe him. "You don't know pizza, don't know hot dogs, don't know a lot of things. Just where are you from?" She didn't know what to believe.

"Very far away from here. On the 56th level. Though I've been spending more and more of my time on my ship that's equally far away," Rick revealed.

Just what did that mean? Did he possibly mean 56th level? Like 56th out of 666 layers? Shit, was he really a demon? It was just that he had done nothing to her. She didn't count her addiction to his cock as being that bad of a thing.

"What's it like there?" Kate didn't get an answer because their server showed up. "We'll take another round of drinks, please. And we need more time," she said. He nodded and walked away.

"Castle…, what's it like there?" Being interrupted wasn't going to stop her this time.

Rick debated just how much he could tell her. "You wouldn't like it. It's hot, really hot. I've heard some sections are very cold but I've never been there." He didn't mean his layer, he meant a different layer of the Abyss. His limited knowledge of other layers told him that not all layers were the same.

Kate tried to think of all the areas in the States that were hot all year long. Then she tried adding other countries. It was just that even if they were really hot during the day, they got really cold at night. She couldn't think of any place. "What's it called?" This might help.

Rick decided to lie since telling her the truth would be too much. It's just that actually lying to her was turning out to be far more difficult than he thought it would be, or should be. "Pazunia." Technically it was the name of the first layer of the Abyss, but he doubted she should ever learn that. Still he was damn good at lying so as much as it hurt, he told a convincing one.

"Pazunia?" Kate had never heard of the place. At least it was a name she could use later during one of her searches. "So why is it so hot?" That might help her.

Rick decided on the truth this time and found it was so much easier for him. "Volcanoes."

Kate wasn't sure just what to think of that answer. Yes, the planet had a number of active volcanoes, she just couldn't remember when the last eruption was. Maybe her knowledge of her geography was lacking. But it was one more piece she could use. It did help explain why he was naked all the time. Clothes of any type would be stifling in a high heat.

Rick didn't know what had possessed him to order prawns, except for the fact that he didn't know what they were. However, at the moment he was eating them about as fast as he could. They were amazing.

Kate was sitting there slowly cutting her steak while watching Castle stuff his face. It was amusing and sweet at the same time. He was liking her choice of locations for their date but it was puzzling to her as to why he didn't know anything about prawns.

"Slow down, Castle, you're going to get fat." Or possibly throw up later. Hopefully not during the sex that was soon to come.

FAT!? Was that even a possibility for him? He ate food, yes, everyone did. It was just he couldn't remember ever having food like this. "Can you only get these here?" If not he would go steal all he could carry and take them to his ship for later.

"No, you could get them at a grocery store," she replied then thought about it. "We're going to a grocery store after this, aren't we?" She began grinning at the look on his face and shook her head. He was such a kid some times. It was one of the things she liked about him.

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Dinner had been a little expensive. And looking at the cost of buying prawns at the grocery store made Kate cringe. Her checking account was going to take a beating if she kept paying for everything. She groaned. "$15.99 a pound." At these prices her checking account wasn't just going to bleed, it was going to hemorrhage.

"Keep him busy and summon me when you get home." Rick had an idea but he still wanted to have sex with her later.

"What the heck, Castle?" She watched him walk away and waited for the guy behind the counter to help the other lady who had gotten here first.

"Can I help you?" Kate was next and she couldn't believe she was just standing there as she watched Castle go into the back of the store. He wasn't really going to be doing what she thought he was…was he?

"Are these the only prawns you have? Not something less costly?" Kate asked, not really sure she was doing this.

"Smaller shrimp are in the frozen section. Is there anything else?" If she didn't want to pay this amount she could go somewhere else.

Kate knew that she knew how to cook. Maybe instead of going out to eat she could cook at home instead. He did seem to like the prawns. She just needed to make sure she knew how to cook them.

"I'll take two pounds, please." She had no idea how many that would get her. Castle could eat those and she would cook something different for herself. And it mean she had to go grocery shopping with the intent of cooking. Something she very rarely did.

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Kate never saw Castle again in the store and put her prawns in the refrigerator. Right next to her temple of takeout food that had been in there she didn't know how long. After looking inside each container she had no choice but to clean out her fridge. "YUK!" Into the trash the week-old pasta went. "GOOD GRIEF!" She wrinkled her nose. The leftover Moo Goo Gai Pan was next to disappear into the trash can and was soon followed by weeks-old Pad Thai, Tom Yum, and Mongolian Beef. Her fridge held a smorgasbord of moldy leftovers.

"Maybe the entire refrigerator should go in the trash." The interior at least looked clean. She put her bag of prawns inside it with the intent of deep cleaning the interior later before she went grocery shopping.

Kate was sitting on the sofa debating what she should do. Had he really? And what if he had?

"Richard Castle, I need you." He showed up a moment later, still dressed in the clothes she had bought for him. She had at least put them in the washer since last time.

"Castle, did you...?" Kate both wanted and didn't want to know. "They were expensive but not that expensive. Please tell me you didn't."

"Steal them?" Rick questioned. Of course he had stolen them. He'd stolen all they had except for what was out front. The bags were safely stowed in his freezer now. It had also shown him that he needed to get his little guy some more food. He would do that after they had a night full of sex.

"Does it mean that much to you?" He was willing to steal even more. Why did she care so much? Stealing was normal in his world.

"Yes… No… I don't know. Stealing is wrong, Castle. You can't just take what you want. If you did, you can't ever do that again." Kate wasn't sure what she was going to do. She didn't actually see him steal and didn't know if he actually had. "Promise me. Never steal." She meant again but left that word off.

"Castle." He was taking too long to reply.

Rick was conflicted. Stealing was normal for him and his kind. But what Kate thought meant a lot to him. Why it did left him deeply conflicted. He should be getting her ready for his master. That was his job. However, handing her over to his master would kill him. The pain of never seeing her or having sex with her ever again felt very real.

He opened his mouth to answer her and then closed it. Kate could see emotions playing across his face. His poker face had obviously left him. Was she making that much of a difference in his life? His life was obviously not like hers in any way. At least she now had new information to use in her search.

"I promise," Rick said solemnly and for reasons he didn't understand he felt both better and bad at the same time.

Then he undid his pants and pulled down his boxers. "Stroke my cock," he commanded and relished her touch as she began to touch him. He wanted her so very badly. It was a totally new and unique feeling. A feeling that he never wanted to lose.

He now knew he could never hand her over to his master. He just wasn't sure how he was going to keep her.