Please.. do not end it here.. I so want to see where this goes, and enjoy all the hurt and angst and lovely, sweet spuffy I hope will be there at the end..?

very good read, thank you. glad you ended the chapter with anya. great to balance xander's presense.

Glad to see you are still writing

Terrific - so glad you're back to this original fic!  Hilights for me were the Spike/Xander fight - as even as I've ever seen it, and can't imagine what Anya thinks Buffy should read about.  Glad to see the update!

Welcome back!  It's great to see a new chapter of this fic.  And what a chapter - all kinds revelations about the efforts of the first evil to divide the scoobies.  Xander in all out stake now and ask questions later mode is beyond irritating, but very much in character.  And you've made his attitude somewhat understandable even if it's getting a little old.  Can't wait to see what info Anya has turned up in that pamphlet.  Now I'm really looking forward to your next update.

Thank you so much for the update!  I love this story, with all the twists and turns.  And now we might actually find out about more about really happened to Spike.  As always, really looking forward to more!

So exciting to see this updated!  And what a stonking good chapter  it is, following on seamlessly (I re-read it all first) bringing in prime Xander and a shaken Willow to the mix.  Fantastic!

Glad this has updated again, and Willow was shown clearly with how she's coping. Xander's reaction was very expected, though I'm kinda annoyed that Buffy is leaving out a bunch of context and reasons when she explains things, like just telling Spike that he slept with Xander's fiancee instead of the ex-fiancee he dumped after she dumped Spike and they were both drunk and miserable or letting Xander keep thinking hateful things without any explanation. The First can use that!
Love Anya and now I can't wait to read the next chapter, whether she's going to start talking about enlightening ideas about sexual positions or enlightening theories about what was done to Spike's memory. Great chapter and I hope you update soon!

I really loved this chapter. You've captured the voices of the characters really well. I'm glad you picked up on Dawn's distrust of Willow. And I'm glad we have Xander around now. :)

Anya...perfect timing as ever.

Wow, Xander......way to put your foot in it to say hello. Geesh. Thank goodness Spike isn't rising to the bait and just trying to keep his head down.

yay for the update and the great chapter :D