Castle kissed the top of Kate's head. The way she was moving closer to him, the way she'd said she'd slept next to him every night... he wondered if she was feeling vulnerable. He couldn't really blame her, considering the last thing both of them remembered happening... and how disoriented she must have felt, arriving here only to find him unwakeable.

"We will," he murmured into her hair. "Even if it takes a while... we will. I promise you that."