So Spike found out about slayers... and is willing to try to fight them. He fights for the joy of the fight, to pit his strength against the slayer. And so it begins...
~ Caught up at last. Looking forward to Part III because Part II is harder for me to read; I don't like S/D even if this is endurable and I'm sure Part III won't be walking straight into fluffy spuffy.

Author's Response: I'm sorry it's harder to read, but I understand why. I promise it will be worth the wait when Part III comes. Althought you're right, it won't be fluffy. ;)

William likes to read himself in the papers... he plays a dangerous game. Too dangerous; Angelus happened. *big sigh* And this is the start of Spike the mastervampire. In this way that he doesn't want to do what Angelus says any longer, nothing more.

Author's Response: Yeah, Angelus doesn't temper his punishments when he's angry. It's a hard thing to recover from, but Spike ultimately learns from the experience, which it good. Thanks for reviewing. :)

I'm glad too he hasn't forgotten Elizabeth, even dreamed of her. I wonder (but I'll read I guess) how the third part will be, if he'll recognize Elizabeth in Buffy when he sees her the first time. But Buffy from the past (the younger version of her) who didn't go back in the past, how can she knew him... and so on.
I know I should but I can't feel sorry for Archer. He deserved to be punished. Too bad for him it happened in this way.

Author's Response: It would take a lot more than vampirism and the passage of a few months to make him forget Elizabeth. And like I said, despite the darkness of this part, in remains a romance at heart. I'm glad you liked that scene. Thanks so much for reviewing. :)

And I fear that is were the Spike/Dru part will take place. Yeah... unavoidable. ~ I'm glad that William still remembers. His past life and Buffy. Yet that will it make harder for him to accept what he is now. I wonder if he still has the ring.

Author's Response: Yes. Although the dynamic of their relationship has changed from the canon of the show, Dru and Spike will be together. I hope it's not too hard for you to read. I know some readers are getting a bit squicked out by it. :P Thanks for reviewing!

Awe, cute (William selecting ring after ring but not one is good enough *g*).
Oh noooo now it happened when nobody did think it would. They (Willow probably) brought her back. I wonder if William, Anne and the others will keep their memories of Buffy. And good there are more chapters. (So no saving of William now to become a vampire, huh?

Author's Response: Unfortunately, not. :( Thanks for reading. :)

Oh that's it: Buffy said no when William wanted to marry her. And he doesn't know her reasons, maybe he would have understand and then tried to changer her mind *sigh*
I wonder if she can make it right like she thinks... not as easy as washing the glasses.

Author's Response: She does a fair job making it up to him, I think. A litte orthodox, maybe... Thanks for reading!

Anne is very much Victorian. What she thinks is old-fashioned but not for her, for her it is the right behavior. If William only knew what Buffy was really hunting and what she wants to prevent.. It's hard for William to find a balance between the way he thinks because he was raised in Victorian times and his wish to let Buffy be herself.

Author's Response: You're certainly right about that. William loves Buffy for who she is, but he has a hard time reconciling that with his training of what a woman should be. Thanks for reading. :)

William is there now but who was talking to him now? ~ So William made his way home. I'm glad Buffy was able to talk to him. Ah that's his secret. Didn't expect that. But something is still off. The man that talked to William at be begin of the chapter maybe.

Author's Response: I'm glad you didn't expect it. That was one of my little secrets, all along, and I was hoping no one would guess. :P Thanks for the review.

I wonder what William thought about, what he has to confess. Oh things don't go well for Buffy when she had to stay behind. She never saw before how different she and William are, their background. And now she is going slaying again? Does she intend to kill Dru to avoiding William's turning? *reads on*

Author's Response: No, Buffy, unfortunately, was judging him by modern standards. Victorians, of course, handled sex much differently. ;) Thanks for reading!

Livvy acted oddly? Oh William ordered to be quiet. I wonder if that will be bad for Buffy's position in the house. ~ And he told her he loved her but Buffy wasn't able to say something similar back.. must have been a disappointment of sorts for William. He is indeed breaking several rules for her. The 'Higher Society' won't accept this behavior. Won't that make William's life there harder? Though I hope not. ~ Oh Archer.. the first to disturb the happy bubble. He had it coming even if it will things worse for William. Oh! Buffy said it back; I wonder if William did hear it.

Author's Response: Yeah, he's getting himself into a whole mess of trouble, flaunting her around society when they so obviously consider her beneath them. I think he's just reached the point where he doesn't care about anything except her. Thanks for reading and reviewing. :)

Again...another chapter of debauchery and coming into one's own self for Spike. Such a bleak time that causes him to reinvent himself. Masterful writing. So fun to read!

Author's Response: Thank you very much, Deb. I'm glad you think so highly of the story. :)

Oh yeah.... Buffy found out the hard way why she was invited. Not quite pleasant indeed. Archer had it coming; he underestimated Buffy. Bah.. what a mess. And shouldn't that the evening were William runs into Drusilla...

Author's Response: Could be the evening ... I'm not saying one way or another. :P Thanks for the review. :)

Mmmh with the right topic William did indeed open up to Buffy. Till the Underwood visited.. I don't think Buffy remembers Cecily for what she did to William. But when I think of Cecily's remark I'm sure they know that Buffy is 'only' the nurse. And the got an invitation? I fear she is up t something and that something isn't good.

Author's Response: I always got the feeling from FFL that Spike wasn't completely honest with Buffy when telling her about his past. His "always been bad" comment was followed by the clip of William, but I don't think he actually corrected himself by telling her he hadn't always been bad. And he also said "I had to get myself a gang" when, in the following scene, it was very obvious that the gang was Angelus' and he was brought into it, rather than forming it himself. So, I think as the audience we were privvy to some details Buffy was not. Or, at least, that's how I'm writing it. :P I'm glad you liked the chapter. Thanks for taking the time to review it. :D