Summary: RESPONSE TO CHALLENGE #157 AU: Breaks from canon after Season Four...Five years after the Initiative disaster, the world is a very different place, where society in general knows about demons and vampires, and have found ways to dominate them. Buffy is trapped in an unhappy marriage to a man who doesn't seem to want her, trapped in a world that doesn't seem to need her anymore...can an old ally and enemy, sold into her home as a slave, teach her the meaning of freedom?
Buffy/Other, temporary
Rated: 18
Categories: General Fics Characters: None
Genres: Romance, Action, Angst
Warnings: Violence, Sexual Situations
Challenges:
Series: None
Chapters: 86 Completed: Yes
Word count: 253147 Read: 151771
Published: 01/10/2006 Updated: 06/06/2006
1. Duty Bound by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 9] 
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2. Remember by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 7] (3067 words)
3. Trouble in Paradise by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (3655 words)
4. Boundaries by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 6] (3135 words)
5. Making Friends by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (3097 words)
6. Power Games by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 6] (2793 words)
7. The Burden of Power by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2480 words)
8. An Awkward Start by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2850 words)
9. The First Step by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 7] (2867 words)
10. Reunion by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 6] (2863 words)
11. Communication by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 4] (2853 words)
12. Explosion by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 12] (3153 words)
13. Breakdown by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 7] (2624 words)
14. If Just for a Moment by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 7] (3060 words)
15. Love Slave by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2345 words)
16. Civil Disobedience by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2497 words)
17. Reacing an Understanding by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 10] (2985 words)
18. Coming to Terms by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 15] (3762 words)
19. Possession by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 11] (2841 words)
For all of you demanding Riley's immediate, painful death...I promise it is coming...maybe not as soon as you like... but Riley will pay for hurting our Spike and Buffy!!! :) I hope that the content of this chapter (and the next) will make up for the lack of Riley-pain in this one....you let me know... :)
20. Surrender by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 12] (2462 words)
21. Consequences by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 12] (2810 words)
22. Surviving by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 13] (2688 words)
23. Revelation by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 16] (3294 words)
24. Edge of Darkness by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 13] (2883 words)
25. Ownership by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 12] (2928 words)
26. The Claim by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2707 words)
27. Power and Choice by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 17] (2662 words)
28. Always Yours by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 11] (3710 words)
29. Unbroken by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 10] (2763 words)
30. A Different Life by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 10] (2815 words)
31. Uncertainty by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 7] (3010 words)
32. Forgiveness by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 10] (2914 words)
33. Taking Responsibility by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2865 words)
34. Consequences by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2674 words)
35. Changing Perceptions by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2713 words)
36. Introductions by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 6] (2833 words)
37. Painful Past by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 4] (2876 words)
38. Monsters and Men by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 6] (3045 words)
39. Going to War by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 6] (2665 words)
40. Making Mistakes by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 18] (3461 words)
41. The Den of the Enemy by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 12] (3151 words)
42. One Step Forward.... by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 7] (2794 words)
43. Showtime by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 11] (3341 words)
44. A Shocking Revelation by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 13] (2763 words)
45. Escape by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 14] (3820 words)
46. Touch Me by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 13] (4331 words)
47. More than Words by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 13] (3115 words)
48. Safe House by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 9] (3259 words)
49. Beginning Again by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 13] (2332 words)
50. A Turn of Events by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 11] (2566 words)
51. Going to War by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 12] (2557 words)
52. Insecurities by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 7] (3108 words)
53. Dangerous Discovery by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 10] (2536 words)
54. Sacred Calling by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (3308 words)
55. Change of Plan by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 6] (2680 words)
56. Revelations by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 10] (2584 words)
57. A Moral Dilemma by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 7] (2806 words)
58. Searching for Answers by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 10] (2829 words)
59. Suspicions by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2942 words)
60. Broken Trust by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 9] (2677 words)
61. Freedom by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2972 words)
62. A Positive Development by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 9] (3806 words)
63. The Cost of Courage by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 10] (3143 words)
64. Desperation by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 9] (2452 words)
65. A Matter of Time by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 5] (2674 words)
66. Interlude by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 9] (3603 words)
67. Trapped by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (3281 words)
68. Running Out of Time by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 4] (3446 words)
69. Second Best by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 11] (2924 words)
70. Shift of Power by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 14] (2790 words)
71. Reprieve by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 13] (2422 words)
72. Reaching a Verdict by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 9] (2571 words)
73. The Show Begins by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 9] (2510 words)
74. Turnabout by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 7] (3201 words)
75. Retribution by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 9] (3645 words)
76. Issues by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2867 words)
77. Self-Defense by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (2513 words)
78. Distractions by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 9] (2562 words)
79. A Moral Dilemma by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 7] (2815 words)
80. Hope Renewed by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 5] (2662 words)
81. Family Secret by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 12] (2216 words)
82. Blurred Edges by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 6] (3052 words)
83. Yours by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 9] (2856 words)
84. Eternal Embrace by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 8] (4022 words)
85. The Debt by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 6] (2575 words)
86. Epilogue: Starting Over by DreamsofSpike [Reviews - 30] (3822 words)