Great Story. Great Chapter. Please continue to update soon and often. Looking for more to read.

I just found this story and have read it straight through while being completely enthralled. I love the directions you’ve chosen in plot and characterization – all of them present in S5 canon. Your narrative and dialogue are excellent, and I’m very much enjoying the quotes that preface the chapters and title them. Absolutely looking forward to more!

"yeah made a promise to a lady.had to keep it somehow"....gods that line gives more emotion than owrds can allow me....that was just beautiful....who would of thought that the one who doesn't have a soul or a heartbeat is the on e who can keep he safe....

Wow, what an early Christmas present! I love the pacing of this story. How every chapter is dedicated to what seems like 6 hours or so. We get to see everything that we weren't allowed to see with BtVS. I loved seeing Buffy, Spike, and Dawn resting together on her bed. I could imagine every sniffle, every shift, every sigh, every soothing caress. I felt like I was lying in that bed with them, trying to make everything better. Buffy does seem to be faring a little better. I'm impressed with how she seems to be dealing with the traumatic emotions she's experiencing. The nightmares are to be expected for quite a while, but it is the crying that I'm surprised at. Not because I don't think she deserves to cry, but that I'm surprised she's allowing herself to cry. Very un-Buffy like, or rather un-like Buffy pre-death. I gather she was most likely in heaven (in the quiet) for what seems like a millenia. Time, or even the perception of passing time, changes a person. I'm intrigued to see what about Buffy has changed. I see her attitude toward Spike has been altered somewhat. Although, logically, she was becoming more tolerant and accepting of his presence (maybe even his friendship) pre-death. I love the nuturing side that is being brought out in Spike by Buffy's vulnerability. Of anyone that knows Buffy, he is the most skilled and most qualified to be taking care of her needs right now. The 100+ years he spent at Drusilla's side, plus the untold years he spent caring for his ill mother prior to that, have prepared him for this. I just hope that everyone (not including Dawn, because she's already on the Spike-loving train) recognizes that fact. Wonderful last few chapters! I read them all in one sitting and felt like I was in the very same room. I can't wait to see Giles', Xander's, and Anya's reactions to Buffy's very lively appearance.

Wow it's just a great story.

Wow I can feel the terra. and the emotion. Great for spike keeping his patence with buffy. God knows he needes jit Update soon and often looking forward to the next chapters.

Such touching, tender moments, hon. Just beautiful. I can just see Dawn's big blue eyes filled with tears as she sees her sister for the first time. And the moment with Spike and Dawn is so reminiscent of family. It just warms the cockles of my little heart to see Spike cared for. It is also heart-warming to see Tara as such an important part of this story. I felt she was so under-used and under-valued her entire time on BtVS. You have really allowed her character room to bloom in this story. I have to say, I love the way you write Dawn - full of colt-like energy, tempered by a millenia's worth of existence, with a healthy dose of teenage attitude/angst. Absolutely perfect. I also adored the fact that Buffy grabbed for Dawn, instead of being hesitant or shying away like she was with Spike and Tara. It is as if they just picked up right where they left off on the tower. I'm intrigued to see where you have Buffy returning from, whether it be heaven, hell, or an alternate dimension. I wonder what Spike's guess is. His feeling of something dark looming on the horizon is very consistant with his perceptive nature. It will be interesting to see just how much of Spike's perceptions are validated over time. Lovely chapter, again. In my opinion, you have nothing to be anxious about. Your writing, as usual, is gold.

Sweet goddess above...this is just tantric

Love the regular updates almost as much as I love the story. The tension and sadness in this chapter was papable, great writting keep em coming

-- “Help me Spike.” His eyes closed in silent thanks, tears sliding down his cheeks. She might not be whole, but she knew. “Always pet. Never leave you.” -- This moment would have made fantastic televison. With clasped hands and glistening tears, I can just see it now. I loved every single moment of this chapter. From Spike's promises to keep Buffy safe, to Tara's heavy-hearted discussion with Dawn about binding Willow's power, to Tara's realization that Willow succeeded. You presented some very complex, jumbled emotions effortlessly. The imagery of a single tear sliding down Tara's left cheek was instrumental in conveying everything that she hadn't allowed herself to feel up to that point. I just adore how you write all these characters. You are able to capture and convey their voices, intonations, personalities, emotions, inner psyche, & personal struggles with such ease. Every scene that I read I feel I come to know these characters more and more. And how you write post-resurrection Buffy is just phenomenal. I can picture her perfectly in my mind. I feel her fright, terror, despair, loss, confusion and, like Spike, I want to make it better. I am so glad you wrote her as being so vulnerable. I think it fits perfectly with the direction your story is going, with Spike as 'Protector' and the one to be trusted. Wonderful, incredible, fantastic (ok, I'm running out of adjectives here) chapter again. You never cease to amaze me.

oh...my....gods. i did not breathe at all thru that chapter. the horror that buffy must be going thru is so very clear in your writing. i love the way seh reacts to spike.....just as i thought she would....

Sen-bloody-sational