OMG! It just gets better and better! I stayed up all night last night reading this. It's that good. Keep it up! Next chapter up soon please? :3

Still loving the Vamp Politics, got to say your take on them is wonderfully logical and I'm having a hard time deciding whether it's that or the perfect XanderVoice you've got going on that make this story one of my favorites.

Keep it up because I can't wait for an update!

-thegenuineimitation (yeah, can't be bothered to login, sorry!)

Cheers! that was great! I love the "Naw, the Sire's Rights stuff only matters with unaccepted claims, so it won't change anything." part at the end but I dislike that it was an end to the chapter I want the willowy and Gilesy blow up!

Anyway I have to tell you I was scouring AO3 for Spander and I got to thinking that I wanted one of these original!spike stories and all the good ones are either one shots, short or this one. so I kept reading fics and kept telling myself 'Not ripe yet' is better I want to reread it. but then I told myself that I would be seriously pathetic if I reread it before a chapter update after a couple days of that you updated! So I reread it without feeling pathetic!

So Keep up the good work, and I will admit that as much as I want to know what happens next I won't mind if you take a bit to update again because then I won't feel pathetic rereading the fic again.

This story was just wonderful!

cliffhangers are evil and should be killed, grrrr

This is awsum! and did xander just accept spikes claim in front of everyone? cause that would be great drama to add. I can't wait for ur next update!

no, good kahuna for giving me more! even if you were a little slow about it lol. and aww at the end cause xander just totally accepted his claiming. and i loved teh whole "family meeting" thing and how spike totally maneuvered that one. sounds like lots in store for spike though, can't wait to see how that plays out. keep up the great work, hun, i can't wait for more!

This is amazing! I love this new chapter! Good job!

love all the talk about vampire courts in this chapter it was very interesting

Very interesting. I can't wait to read more. So Xander was speaking in the last line right-and he accepted Spike's claim?

hehe good chap. Update soon! :)

i want more. no more stalling. think of ur fans i.e ME. please for my health do tis for me (performs heart breaking act of pity and woe)come on u cant say no to that

So. He officially accepts the claim. Can't wait to see the reaction for that.
Loved it. Especially when xander understood dru-speak and angel didn't.

Oh, that was good. That was damn good. Xander is getting so awesome at figuring out what Dru is saying at simplifying it for everyone else. Loved it. And that bit at the end there. My heart. sigh.

"Naw, the Sire's Rights stuff only matters with unaccepted claims, so it won't change anything. But anyway..."

I see what you did there Xander. XD

Next chapter please! I wanna see if any of the characters caught that. lol And wow, Spike is really, really good at being charming and manipulative when he puts his mind to it. Threw them all off their game with Joyce there, then effectively took the slayer right out of the game and further left the good guys unbalanced. haha luvs it.