School term has ended, heavy snow is forecast, and Christmas is creeping up on us.
Here I am, with a fic update, however, for those kind folks still reading. We leave Buffy and Giles in England, and return to Rome, and our vampire with a mission.
1,247 words, PG, but only because of Spike's language.
Earlier chapters can be found
here.
(
Chapter Nine: There May be Some Turbulence )