Ring of Fire by TalesofSpike
Chapter: Chapter 1:02

dzio
06/21/2010 07:33 pm
Okay, I've always thought that Xander in his pig-headed moments was just about as much of an asshole as humanly possible. Now I see I was wrong. I simply can't believe the jerk! The clients would be offended? Seriously? If I were Spike, I'd buy Hank's company and offer him an unrefusable promotion to a night shift janitor.

And the whole thing about Riley. Wow, I've never even thought about that, but I guess it makes sense, you can't exactly buy a plastic replica of a stake at Wal-Mart. And I get why Buffy would not want to face just how wrong she was about the creepy bastard, but I seriously wanted to smack her for the whole “I can't believe it, I don't trust you completely” crap. Honestly, what the hell does he have to do? 

08/22/2007 03:37 pm
Oh Hank really did dewerve it.
He really did... and Spike wasn't going to sit there and let him play the hypocrite.

Thanks again.

07/10/2006 05:25 pm
i love the end...so perfectly buffy..love how she told hank off...i'm scared for spike though, i have a terrible feeling about riley and company, catching them by surprise and ruining things..off to read more now :)
Thanks, honey!

I guess by now you know that Riley isn't the immediate danger. Buffy might muck up occasionally, but when it comes to a choice between Spike and Hank, she knows exactly where she stands.

06/26/2006 08:36 pm
I seriously love this chapter - It may be one of favorites so far in this series. I love the way the Spike cut Hank down with nothing but the truth. The way Buffy left and Dawn's reaction as well. It was severally frustrated at Buffy's defense of Riley - but completly in character. I wanted to strangle her and beat some sense into her slayer strengh or no. The bit about torture you had was brilliant and such an important point that is overlooked often. How did Riley have the stake that fast? He has to like torture and have a taste for it - otherwise he would have never had one made. Brilliant brilliant chapter sweetie!
Thanks, honey!

A fellow writer who started reading when I was about halfway through the fifth book said that she really enjoyed the first couple of books, but it was Ring of Fire where she found herself completely hooked. Hope you feel the same way.

02/27/2006 03:02 am
Damn good chappie
Thanks! Scratches behind your ear in gratitude.

Verda
01/09/2006 05:11 am
Just finished your first two books and I loved them. Spuffy are just the way I always wanted them to be. Will impatiently wait for more. Thanks for the good read.
Thanks! Always_jbj who is very kindly posting the chapters for me here. will, no doubt, be adding more chapters here soon, but if you really can't wait, you'll find the third and fourth books, along with most of the fifth (estimated completion date Feb 2006) at http://www.he-s-no-angel.net.

JenxGeR
01/06/2006 04:56 am
I've read your series in a seating, and I love it! To me, if someone can pull a series off, its usually pretty good, tho yours do seem more like a novel-length fic being divided into 3. During the 1st book, the only thing that wasn't as good was the lengthy dialogues. They feel more like speeches and they weren't intermitted with hand gestures or anything in the middle. Just one big chunk, you know? The problem is not as severe as the story went on, but I just thought to point it out. Other than that, I love your story. Just enough of Spuffy angstwith a side of fluffy. (Poor Spike) and I'm glad Hank's ass got promptly kicked. Hope to read your update soon! :D
It's inevitable since the series has been written over a period of three and a half or four years that my writing style has changed over that period (hopefully for the better). Also SWBD was never originally intended to be the basis of a series, just a piece of fluff to fill in time until I worked out what my next "proper" story would be. True Colours was my attempt at adding an NC-17 epilogue that simply grew and grew... By the time I got to Ring of FIre I think I began to realise that it was going to be more like a fanfic soap opera than any other genre. With each issue that was resolved, more new ones raised their head. It's only now as the group face the final battle in the "current" WIP (always jbj is very kindly posting this for me a few chapters at a time to allow people to keep track of the updates, but you'll find there's rather more of the story at www,he-s-no-angel.net if you like to read a lot at once), that things are coming to a point where everything can be neatly tied up.

Lou
01/05/2006 04:41 am
Buffy kicks ass!
She definitely does! Glad you liked it!

01/04/2006 11:17 pm
What a way to tell Hank and company off. Great story.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the story as it goes on. I'm glad you enjoyed the way it kicked off.