Wow - so many things to love about this chaper!

In particular, I liked how you pointed out Buffy thinkng "It had finally happened..." when Liam hit her. Just a few words, but so telling. Buffy has known somewhere inside for quite a while that the verbal abuse would escallate to physical abuse. I think this is whay she appears to quietly accept his violence - because maybe even from the start, she thought it was a foregone conclusion.

Also, I did like how you portrayed their first time together. Considering how messed up Buffy is, and how inexperienced William is, I thnk it would have been *very* out of character for them to have had a marathon shagging session with multiple orgasms flying about. I feel like Buffy needs to realze that no matter how incredibly hot and well-endowed William is, he's really just a kid.

I feel like this chapter advanced not only the plot, but the character development as well. Looking forward to more!

Holy mother of...WOAH! This chapter was beyond amazing. I hope theres no angsty aftermath...

Wow...so good! Liam is a nasty piece of work and I really hope that Spike learns to stand up to him. And hitting Buffy...what a bastard! Anyways loved the Spuffy is this chapter - very hot! Look forward to the next update!

love this chapter--- its so sad how angelus is treating her, but thankfully she has the loving william to comfort her.... excited for more!!!

loved it!!!! not all that suprised by angelus' behavior in this one. i mean he is an ass after all. lol.

i don't know if it was ur intention but as i was reading this i got the feeling that buffy and william's little roll in the sack wasn't about pleasure. to me it wasn't even about comfort. not that i'm complaining or anything. i just liked the way how you made it so the first time these two had sex, it wasn't all roses and stars. it was *real*. I was't expecting their first time to turn out that way. I was expecting it to be something like buffy taking her time with him or at least both of them getting off. again, i'm not complaining. i loved it. please post soon. great job.

Poor William - I loved the thoughts going through his mind. And Poor Buffy - she's finally starting to see the bad side of her husband and she didn't get off. I hope Liam doesn't find them already.

Well then.

I didn't think it was possible to hate Liam any more than I already did. Yeah, so you proved me wrong.

I'd love to see this be the end of Buffy and Liam's marriage, but somehow I think that's not how you're going to take this. And logically, I don't think it can be. She has nothing; she's wholly dependent on him. Yay for her, though, for telling Liam how she feels ignored. And at least she didn't say anything at that point about her feelings/friendship/relationship with William. That would not have ended well (not that the resulting loss of William's virginity is going to end well, either).

I was pleasantly to see this posted today. I figured we'd be waiting a little longer, and I was all prepared to try to find something else to read. Great as always, Addie. Looking forward to the next chapter.

It seems that Buffy has finally realized the extent of Liam's cruelty, and has taken action. I do hope that Liam does not find them in each other's arm's for fear of what he would do. I believe though that this is the straw that broke the camel's back, and the rose colored glasses have come off. so now I can't wait to see what happens next, grea chapter and thanks

UH OH!!!!!!!! More drama coming!!! Can't wait for an update!

And truly evil he is. Looking forward to reading of the repurcssions.

Wow, this was actually a scenario I didn't imagine...lol, majorly hott...but the other shoe is gonna drop, and its gonna drop hard...William is right to believe this will not end well...is Buffy on some type of birth control, cause they just had some hott unprotected sex, and in spuffy land, it equals da bebe!!! lol. Anywayz, nice chapter and glad to see sooner then I thought...keep up the good work!

wow, knew it was comingbut wow! can;t wait to see the consequences. thanks!

I like this story and I hope you are able to work on it again soon. I would really like to see Buffy show her strength and trust her instincts. I trust you will lead us in the right direction.