Buffy the Last Vampire Slayer #2

After a coven rally meant to heal the atmosphere ends in tragedy, Thessaly seeks out Buffy guided only by instructions from an old friend. Despite their shared past, Buffy refuses to train her. Instead, she delivers Thess to The Watcher's Council, certain they'll be more suitable guardians. But the Council isn't what they seem, putting Buffy and Thessaly in peril, until the intervention of three hooded figures...

Characters: Anya, Buffy Summers, Rupert Giles, Spike (Buffy), Tara Maclay, Thessaly Maclay Rosenberg, Willow Rosenberg