Hee! I love it that people are waiting for it. *glee* I'm glad you liked the flashback. I wanted to find a way to keep the first few chapters completely from Spike's POV, and that seemed to be the best way. And I couldn't agree more about corrupting and protecting Xan....*dreamy sigh*

Hee! I love the image of Oz as Spike's Jiminy Cricket! That's awesome!

Thanks for reading and commenting.