Keystone chapter 21/21 and epilogue

[winsomeone]

This is the last post and I'd like to thank everyone for being so patient with the spamming. Hope you enjoy the story. :-)

Keystone

Author: Winsomeone 
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 46,252  Complete-21 chapters and epilogue
Warning: explicit exsanguination scene
Beta: EnigmaticBlues

Summary: Sent to retrieve artifacts from another dimension the

Comments

[amyxaphania]

Hehe, great ending to a very enjoyable story.

[winsomeone]

I'm glad you enjoyed it so. I enjoyed your comments immensely.

[petzipellepingo]

. Everyone undead is dead and everyone not dead is still alive.”
Ah Buffy, short but sweet.

“Those are the cotter pins that held the back on Travers’ chair. Empress removed them while we were arguing with him.”

“So when Quentin leaned back in his chair…”Lydia’s voice faded as she turned to look at Giles.

“He fell right on his pompous arse,”
Yay!

Another Grundyverse success; fast moving plot, lots of original and interesting characters and plenty of excellent Spike/Buffy interaction.

[winsomeone]

Had to let Empress do something to the old bastard.

Thank you so much Petzi. I'm glad you enjoyed the story.

[zanthinegirl]

Perfect ending! I like this alot.

Yeah, a little darker than your usual, but it really worked for the story.

I like what you did with the council. I've read stories where the "Big Bad" is the council, or is Travers. In this one the problem isn't unredeemed evil on the part of the council, it's ruthlessness and callousness which I find much more compelling and believable. Nicely done!

Good job with the OCs, too. Ian is particular was vividly written and an interesting character. I hope you use him again if you write more in this 'verse-- and I hope you'll write more in this 'verse!

eta to fix my grammar...

[winsomeone]

Thanks Z! You got it exactly- I could have made Travers(or the entire Council) the Big Bad from a spell or whatever, but I thought ruthlessness and callousness would be more believable and somehow even worse. He did it because he thought it was the right thing to do, and that's way more scary- blind rightousness.

Thanks. OC's are harder to write, there are no constructs already in place obviously, like our OTP, so I'm always thrilled when someone enjoys one of them. Jerusha liked Ian a lot, too. I tried to keep him from coming off as just a nerdy wuss, and yet he's obviously not a fighter, so it was a tightrope to walk.

Glad you liked the story. Thanks for reading.

[debris4spike]

Thanks for another Empress story ... will print out and read this weekend - can't wait!

[winsomeone]

I hope you enjoy it. Empress has a couple good scenes. :-)

[ladycat713]

What a thoroughly enjoyable addition to the Grundyverse. I don't even mind the eyestrain from reading it all at once.

[winsomeone]

LOL! Sorry about the eyestrain. I've just got a thing about posting WIP's, especially in a community like this, where not everyone would see the rest of the story.

Glad you liked the story- it's definitely darker than the others with Empress. Thanks for reading.