All of Richard Castle's books are spread out over Kate's desk. She'd been flipping through them all day while she waited as patiently as she could for Ryan to come back on news of their only suspect, the man behind the books she was analyzing. She knew most of them by heart, but a fresh reminder never hurt anyone. She looked at the books, picked up a few, and headed over to Ryan and Esposito who had settled themselves into their desks adjacent from one another to start wrapping up for the night. She sat two books down on Ryan's desk and one on Espo's.
"I think it's wise to read up on some of Castle's books. We let one murder go unsolved under our noses because we didn't notice this connection. Two have already happened, there could be more." She leaned against Ryan's desk as he picked one up.
"From the personal library of Katherine Beckett. Well will you look at that." Ryan looked up at her with a smirk and she lightly hit him on the shoulder with the other book.
"What Ryan, am I not allowed to own books now?" Espo spun around to point at her desk.
"No, it just seems like you own a lot of these particular books."
"So I'm a fan of the genre." She was avoiding there eyes and she knew it was her tell but they dropped it. She picked up the silver eagle sitting on Ryan's desk. At her touch it stretched its wings and flapped them a few times before becoming still again. She glanced over at her matching lion that was sitting on her desk, and sat the eagle back down. "Just think it'd be a good idea to read them, and these are his less popular works and it looks like that might be where the killer is coming from." Ryan nodded as he leaned back in his chair and looked at the book in his hand. He at least seemed mildly interested, while Espo had already sat his aside and started filing through documents on his computer. "You know, for someone who dislikes muggles so much, you sure do love your computer." She threw the comment at Espo and he just smiled.
"Well I wouldn't be surprised if there's a little magic in these things." He tapped the computer monitor with his finger but kept on working.
"Well, I'll leave you two at it. Night."
"Night Beckett." Ryan said as he sat the book down and organized the mess of papers on his desk.
"Hey Beckett, you know I'm just teasing." Espo told her under his breathe as she went to walk away. She smiled down at him and nodded.
"Ya I know Espo." He was like a brother to her, and she knew it was all play in the end.
"Night." Espo said, and turned back to his computer. She walked slowly back to her desk, touching her lion figurine with her finger, making it come to life, stretching and then giving a silent roar before becoming still. The roar reminded her more of a yawn, which made her realize just how tired she was. It had been an early morning. She finished packing the rest of her books back in the box, closed her eyes and concentrated, taping the box with her wand it disappeared with a faint pop. She grabbed her jacket from the back of her chair and walked to the stairs. She needed the walk, but when she came out to the dark streets of New York, she stepped behind the wall in front of the precinct, turned on the spot, and disappeared.