Ahh Spike escaped! Fantastic! Love the story.

Okay, that last comment was meant to be posted on Chapter 15. I had a brain fart :P

As for Chapter 16: I wish that I could say that I'm surprised at Buffy's quick backpedaling from treating Spike with respect to going back to treating him with...well, NOT respect. Just a matter of a soul. Of course, the fact that soulless Spike lied to her about having a soul just to save his own hide doesn't do much for the soulless Spike isn't completely evil campaign :P

Drusilla really should stay away from magic. Crazy + Magic = Bad. Or maybe it'll be good, depending on your point-of-view :)

Thanks for the translation. I tried it from Latin to English, and it didn't turn out so well :P Hmm...Let's see: Spike lost his soul when he was vamped. Both humans and demons see vampires as a an unnatural abomination of humans and demons. No clue about the destiny part. Although Dru might be thinking "eternal" in the immortal sense, we know that Buffy's Spikes eternal love in the love-you-forever kind of sense. I'm a bit behind on reading, so I don't yet know what's going to really happen, but I'm guessing that Drusilla restores Spike's soul or de-vamps him or something. Of course, you are the Queen of the Ironic Plot Twist, so I guess I'll just have to wait and find out :P

Okay, now you're just trying to see if suspense can actually kill someone. Please update before I find out!!!

had really hope dru's spell would remove the chip. very good read, thank you.

heavens. this is a mess. Can't wait to see what happens next, though!

Great Chapter -

No! Don't stop there! We know that Buffy's his destiny, but what did it do to him? Please post again soon! This is nerve-racking! Fantastic cliffie, thanks DOS.

Yummy stuff!

And another forgot to mention (early mornings and Kathleen are not mixey)...So I suspect the pain in the head is actually more all over pain of souling and Spike is in for quite the surprise when he is aware!!!

Great update.

Kathleen

Oh I meant to mention.....one accomplishment of Spike's lie is to give them a view of him that is different if they can but see. Mostly....Spike now has been on the receiving end of Buffy's kindness. He has been touched by it. He has been changed by it without realizing it yet. Subtle relationship changes have to happen now.

Kathleen

Ooo So Dru's spell hasn't restored Spike's soul yet or removed the chip.....interesting. Glad Spike did escape though. They should notice he didn't try to attack any of them (not in the escape OR while unshackled earlier). His explanation made perfect sense to me....they WOULD have staked him had he not lied.

Nice Dru scene again. Great character voices.

Looking forward to more, greedy girl that I am.

Kathleen

what a cliffhanger! i need more!! soon!!! thanx!!!!

That's torn it! He's blown any advantage he was gaining.

Tricky tricky, making us think the spell would be revealed this chapter. I almost forgot that you like to play with your readers and hold your secrets close.

Because I always like telling you what I thought (mostly for a good laug), here was what I had thought while reading: I was waiting for the stake to get him, only for Dru's spell to kick in, making him less vamp and more human, resulting in blinding pain and a shocked Buffy.

Now...I ain't got a clue what you will do.

well, glad to see it, but that didn't resolve much!

I still don't know what her bloody spell did!! Damn you!

Hmmm, so what really is happening? Well, he tried, but it was a long-shot. Looking forward to seeing what happens next.

And she did not seem inclined to double check his work. - LOL - can't believe Buffy's That stupid. She must secretly want Spike to escape so he can remain a Bad Boy.

First off, the speedy update is much appreciated. Right now I'm thinking Dru just ensouled Spike, which would be a total hoot because nobody is going to believe him. However it plays, I've no doubt it'll be as interesting as what's come so far. Another great chapter. Thanks!

Yeah, the Latin-to-English translator went a bit too literal...figured out enough, though. And removing the unnatural makes a pretty obvious result, in Spike's case....it's the "eternal love" part that screwed Dru over.

He may be evil and soulless, but he's not a thing! "Things" don't have sentience...nasty Slayer.

Thanks for the quick update. I can't imagine how Spike is going to get out of this mess.

No fair! Yay for the more than speedy update, but we don't get to see what the spell does. Wah! Is there another speedy update in our future of oh say... tomorrow?