Angel followed the beaten track from the cemetery to Amara's house.
He had commanded her wolf form to go back there.
Buffy and the others had left the alley and gone back to the library to tell Giles of the events that had conspired that evening.
It had been beyond belief when Amara had changed into a wolf; Angel himself had only seen her do it once. It had been back in Ireland, before he had become a vampire. Amara had flown into his room as a bat and before he had known what was going on, she had changed back into her human form. He had begged her to tell him how she did it, but she herself didn't seem to know.
From the outside of the house, he could hear her. He walked to the front door. It lay open and for reasons unclear to him, nothing stopped him from walking in.
Amara was in the corner, slumped up against an over-stuffed lounge chair. Angel went over to her, he could smell the blood that was still running from her wound. While the dried blood that stuck to her face and shirt almost sent him crazy with hunger.
He lay her out on the floor and although she seemed as though she was at Death's door, her eyes still seemed to shine brightly.
"Your dying?" Angel asked, his voice shaking with fear.
"Not yet." Amara managed with a smile
"I need you to find me a vile of holy water. It is the only thing that will close the wound." Angel nodded, a grave look on his face.
After picking Amara up and placing her on her bed, Angel left. He knew Buffy would have plenty of holy water. All he had to do was find her.
As she walked up the stairs, Buffy was overcome with worry. Although she felt somewhat threatened by Amara, she didn't want her to die.
When she entered her room, she was surprised to find Angel waiting there. He quickly explained that he needed holy water for Amara.
Buffy was confused at his request but she fished a bottle out of her draw and followed Angel to Amara's house.
Amara lay still on her bed as Buffy tipped the better part of the bottle of holy water onto the gaping wound in Amara's chest. Amara screamed in agony as her flesh burned and seared; as a stinking smoke rose from the sealed wound.
The noises Amara made seemed to echo in Buffy's head. They reminded her of the sound a zombie cat had made after it had dug itself out of its grave in her garden last summer.
Within moments of the wound sealing, Amara was completely rejuvenated. She got to her feet and started walking across the room.
Behind a dressing shade, she stripped off and when she re-emerged she was dressed in black pants and a grey sweater.
"We have to go and find Anastasia." Was all she said to the shocked pair.
Anastasia paced the floor; her shoes clicked with every step on the marble floor. She had been waiting at the mansion for hours. Angel would have to come back soon. The sun would be rising shortly and he was hardly the type to put himself in any danger
Amara, on the other hand, was quite capable of walking around in the sunlight. Anastasia knew she didn't do it often but if she wanted to, she could use her magick to protect her from the sun's burning rays.
Drusilla and Spike were waiting at different points throughout the mansion. They had lived there for a long time and knew every room and secret passage like the back of their hand.
"Such an excellent idea, Love." Dru remarked to Spike as she walked into the room he was seated in
"Killing the Slayer in the home that belongs to her lover and then leaving Angel alive so he has to face her death every day for the rest of eternity." "I know. It's brilliant, right?" Spike said, hardly enthused.
He knew that they had no chance of killing the Slayer and being in Angel's house only increased the odds. In all honesty, Spike was hoping that Angel would return with this new demon, Amara, and she would be able to kill Anastasia, or at least get rid of her for the next twenty-five years. Spike was sick to death of having her in his hair all the time and Dru hadn't been half as fun since Anastasia had arrived on the scene.
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