I like these chapters better than the first two, I think there's a little more action going on. I enjoyed the fact that's it two different demons, it adds a different element to it than what we see on the show.
The two women that were introduced in this chapter have been intrigued. Helen is obviously a Watcher - or at the very least, associated with the Council - but I'm wondering about Rosanna, there's something not quite on the up and up about her. I'm pretty sure the grandmother that Helen was talking about was actually a character in Golden's previous stories. I think her name was Marie-Christine Fontaine and I think she was in 'Spike and Dru: Pretty Maids all in a Row' and one of the Tales of the Slayer novels. I think the Slayer's name was Isobel or Eleanor. Can't remember that. But since Spike had a pretty massive role - obviously, lol - in the 'Pretty Maids', I wonder if Helen will have any sort of reaction to Spike.
Speaking of Helen, her attitude towards Buffy bothered me a lot. She came across like a petulant child, upset at not getting her own wayI understand that she's supposed to be new to working with the Slayer, but her demands were outrageous - and they were demands, she didn't ask anything.
But, given her demands and what Buffy and the others found out after she left, it seems like the Council have some other agenda going on, that maybe Travers hasn't told Helen about.