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Chapter 4

The Hunt

CC wrapped around Castiel tightly, her sobbing subsided as he held her against him on the way to her bed. The angel laid her down gently pulling his fingers through her hair.

"Shush." he was gentle. "I'm sorry." Looking down on her. She looked so lost and every bit as tormented by her emotions as he was.

She turned her face away from him, and that stung. "CC, please." he whispered.

She shook her head. Angry, hurt, sad, alone.

"I won't leave you. I promise. I cannot begin to understand your pain, but I know you are afraid and confused. I don't want you to make a mistake because of something I've done."

She rolled on her side away from him to face the window and began to sob again.

He reached to touch her shoulder, then stopped. "You were right. I do watch you." he confessed as he kicked off his shoes then stood to remove his jacket and tie. "Please CC don't be angry." He tossed both on the beside chair. "Let me hold you again. I'm not afraid." he whispered to her as he sat back down on the edge of the bed.

She didn't move.

He put his hand on her shoulder. "I watch you because I love you. CC. More than your father ever intended. Much, much more than I should. In ways I can't begin to understand." he admitted quietly. "But you already knew that." he added.

She rolled back to face him. "Yes." she nodded and sat up.

"Please." He reached for her face cupping her cheek and pushing her tears away with his thumb. "I don't know what the right thing is in this situation." he told her. "I know I don't want you to be alone. And I know, I hate the thought of you ever being with anyone else."

She leant her head to his until their foreheads touched. "I don't know what to do Castiel." she whispered.

"Neither do I. But I love you. I can no longer hide that fact from you, and I no longer wish to." He kissed her, fully aware he was entering into the unknown. He had no idea where to go from here, but he did know, he would not be running to the hallway or anywhere else to hide again.

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The Winchesters stopped in a small Ohio town for the night. They were on their way to Chicago with CC in tow. It had been a week since Bobby called chasing them off to Louisiana after a man meeting Castiel's description had been found there. It was good news and bad. The bad news, by the time they got there he was gone. The nurses and Doctors said he just woke up and left. The good news, they were pretty sure it was the angel. But exactly where he was, or why he hadn't tried to contact any of them was anybodies guess.

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"Are you sure?" CC questioned when Castiel pulled his mouth from hers just long enough to kiss a path along her jaw line.

"How could I not be." he answered her with a whisper threading his fingers through her hair. "The question is…are you?" he asked. Pulling her body closer to his, reveling in the sensation of her flesh against his.

"Yes." She nodded pressing her lips to his again.

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Castiel ran through the apartment yelling her name. It was empty. "Cecile" he said going into the bedroom and flipping on the light. His eyes widened and he sighed.

He had already gone to the youth center where she worked and he was told she hadn't been in for over a week. He couldn't imagine why, but now he was beginning to understand. The bedroom was a mess. She had obviously packed in a hurry to go somewhere, and he had no doubt it was to look for him.

"CC." he sighed frustrated. Walking into the center of the large room to sit on her bed. There was clothing scattered across the green comforter and under a pile of jeans he saw a note pad sticking out. There were several lists of names and phone numbers written and then scribbled out and then at the bottom a phone number with flight information written next to it. According to the notes, she flew to Okalahoma a week ago. He flipped through the note pad looking for any thing else that might serve as a clue. There was one, a phone number he didn't quite recognize, except that it was her old Pennsylvania area code. If he had to guess he would deduce the number belonged to David Sharp. But why he couldn't be sure. Mr. Sharp was the attorney who worked for CC's father and now her. He handled most of her finances and Castiel knew the man had a talent for tracking things down. Both Items and people. Had no idea why she would have called him, even David Sharp couldn't track and angel.

He left the bedroom heading for the living room and her desk. He didn't find anything new there, it looked as it aways did. Discouraged he picked up the phone and called her cell.

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Castiel thrust into her gently at first but, his trepidation was soon lost to the warmth and softness he found within her. His mouth now slid over hers, almost expertly, tasting her as his hands explored CC's curves. Tenderly stroking and teasing heated flesh. Wonderful. She writhed under him and he moaned with each shift of her hips. He was nervous at first, but much like the kiss, his body understood the nuances of the act, even if he only knew the mechanics. When CC arched her neck his hands were there to brush the loose strands of hair from her face and plant gentle kisses while whispering words of love. She tossed her head forward and moaned into his neck then bit, sinking her teeth deeply into his shoulder, provoking a growl of pleasure from him. He thrust harder and deeper, meeting the urgings of her rotating hips until she clamped around him digging her nails deep into his flesh a moment later their passions crashed headlong into each other she was sated and was spent, magnificently satisfied inside of her.

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Her phone went straight to voice mail and Castiel furrowed his brow. Where ever CC was, her cell was turned off. Or maybe dead, he thought, with more than slight concern. He growled discouraged once again. He raised his head and looked out over her apartment. She was right, it was too large. But it was safe. The floor it was on near the top of the building was nearly secluded. He'd insisted if she were too live in the city, the apartment and the building be secure. This one was one of only two he'd approved of. She thought he was being a pain in the ass. She'd even told him so. But she did as he asked. She always did as he asked. Until now.

He would have to go look for her, bur first he should call Dean and let him know where he was. Okay maybe not exactly where he was, but that he had survived and he would meet up with him in a day or so. Hopefully he would find CC long before that.

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It was getting dark and as much as they all wanted to get to Chicago to see if there was any sign of Castiel, every one was tired. CC headed for the shower as soon as they'd checked in. Sam went to find dinner and Dean sprawled on the nearest bed doing his best to zone out for a while. He had closed his eyes and managed to rid himself of the vibrating feeling that came with too much time spent on the road when his cell rang. Without opening his eyes he picked it up and answered. "Yeah"

"Dean?"

"Cass? What the fuck man? Where the hell are you?" Dean sat up and swung his feet to the floor.

"I'm alive and it's not important where I am at the moment." Castiel replied with the urgent tone he used when something important was happening.

"Oh believe me it is very important where you are at the moment." Dean told him.

"Whatever it is it will need to wait a day or two until I can get there." The angel told him.

"Um No… I don't think this can wait." Dean informed him as he looked around the corner at the bathroom door.

Castiel sighed at the other end of the line. "What's so important?"

"Tell me where you are?" Dean pressed.

"Why does it matter?" Castiel asked irritated.

"Might not, but it might." Dean said.

Castiel sighed and rolled his eyes at the hunters word games. "Chicago." he said.

"Yeah that's what I thought." Dean replied.

"Thought? Why? What do you mean?"

"Lemme guess you are looking for something there. Or better yet Cass. Is something missing?" Dean asked sounding a little aggravated.

"What are you getting at Dean?" Castiel growled sounding aggravated.