Squeeeee!! I've been worrying about them for what seems like forever. More soon please.

Author's Response: It has been forever - sorry. Pleased I had you a bit worried though.

Love the twist in the story. Fun figuring out who is who with the names being changed from the regular characters.

Author's Response: Glad you like kudagirl. Hard to keep spelling the names wrong but hopefully not confusing too many people. Thank you.

Great plot twist! I like the chemistry between Willow and Tarah, and the flashes of territoriality that both Buffy and Spike are revealing.
Thanks for the update!

Author's Response: Possessive streaks a mile wide those two - and protective - if they could only admit it. Glad you like the Willow and Tarah bonding.

Oh my god!!! I love you, I love you.. hmm... no two 'I love you's' are enogh :).
That chapter was great and I love your characters. Ok I have to get used to it every time that you write the names in a different way but hey! I'm not complaining, keep going please! What does it matter that I have problems reading the names... I love your story and the people in there. And I might be blone but I can manage to see the characters out of the names. And the two main characters are written as the should be :).
So.. I have said enough and I hope you get on with your writing. I want to read a lot more of your story... and perhaps a lot of smut too! I'm singel most of the month so please let me read some smut!

Author's Response: Wuv you too Julia. Sorry if the spelling of names gets a bit confusing - if in doubt say them out loud - in theory they will still sound like the originals (mostly). Yes there will be smut but a fair bit of smoldering too - you might have to wait - or go out a bit more often ;)

I gave a little fan-girl scream when I saw you updated this! And oh, how the plot she thickens! I can't wait for the next chapter. Thank you for updating!!

Author's Response: Matched my little happy dance when i saw your review then. Working hard now - promise.

:O:O you can;t leave it like that... this story is starting to get really really interesting:)

i hope you update again soon

Author's Response: Thank you, glad you like. Next chapter with my lovely beta so should be able to update very soon.

Damn. Very, ummm visual. There they go leaping to conclusions.

Author's Response: Bit gory for you? (smirks). Damn those conclusion leapers they always muddy the waters don't they.

Wow. You're story is wonderful - and so original! I love the relationship you're building between Buffy and Spike. I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for updates :) Love it!

Author's Response: Hi Fran, Pleased you like so far. Am treading a fine line between them now so I hope it works.

PLEASE let Darla and the Master (cause we all know who those peeps were!) be, like, members of a different faction of something. LOVE how this is going.

I swear, this fic managed to like, hide from me for 5 chapters!!!! I believe I read up to 3 and kept looking for updates, and somehow never saw them! And now I'm all annoyed. But glad because I had a big ol' update to read! So gimme another one? *batts eyelashes*

Absolutely love this fic -- such an original way to play up btvs and spuffy. :) can't wait for more!

Author's Response: Yes you're quite right about the villians. Hope you spot the next chapter by this weekend - otherwise I'll hear back from you in the autumn sometime? I know I'm snail-like with the updates so please forgive me.

An update! Can I believe my luck? It's been a while but I'm still totally on and just love where you going with this story. But, god, the suspense is killing me. Spike is the greatest, if it had been my sister who almost get raped I'd took of the private's privates too. Only... maybe not with my teeth ;-). God, please, please update soon, I so wanna see how Buffy and Spike cope with the new developments, what happens to Spike being a prisoner and what's the devilish scheme of this all is - becase there just has to be more to it, hasn't it? Please, please more!!!!

Author's Response: And I was such a sweet thing before I started writing fan fiction - now look where my imagination takes me! There'll be more plot twists to come I promise so hang in there.

Thank God, an update!

You do realize witholding this story for so long may be considered intolerably cruel in some countries, right? :P

I, for one, want more!!!!

Author's Response: Obviously not British then - we have cruelty (and procrastination) down to an art form here.

Is that Darla and the Master? Interesting that they should be in the games room because that's probably how they see this - all one big game. Loved the update (even if it was a bit bloody!) and I am so looking forward to what happens next.

Author's Response: I hadn't even made that connection - now I feel extra clever ;) Less blood coming up - for a while anyway (sniggers).