When pain and fear are all that consume you, how do you even stand up? Kate Beckett has always been tough, but there is only so much one person can take. It is in those moments when we are near the end, though, that seem to define us. And for Kate Beckett, she is about to discover that her strength and the strength of her family are more powerful than she ever possibly imagined. She just a needed a push...

In which Kate Beckett breaks down the night of her mother's murder and the beginning of her career…

Some spoilers for "A Chill Goes Through Her Veins", I believe.

How will Castle take the lost of his loved one? Just so you know, it's not Beckett. Will he come around or simply get to the bottom!?

In some way, this story continue on my previous story, After the shooting. So, if you feel like, you can read that one first.

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He sighed and brushed her hair off her face. “It will be hard for you when you wake up. You may not have your life back, dear Katherine.”