"How dare that little eel slither in here and tell him that he was a puppet. Okay, so there was that time that he actually was a puppet, but that was beside the point."--Love that, nod to when he was a puppet. A fun little aside. And the army flanking Dru, glad they are taking precautions. And also glad our boy is ready to dance. Hope they have time to fit some good in there. And the lighter, I though perhaps that silly skull ring, but the lighter is even better. Such a good girl.

Author's Response: Someone in my family actually has a zippo lighter just like Spike's and you know what they say...write what you know. Glad you enjoyed the chapter

Good to see Spike is better ... but what about that little bauble ? What does Dru want with it? Does it take the soul away?

Author's Response: Remember a little thing valled "The Orb of Thesula"? They housed Angel's doul in it before they forced it back into him when he was "Angelus" Holland is behind this whole mess. He's playing both ends against the middle, with Spike in the middle.