Title: The Master's Lair
Synopsis: Liam Angelus "Angel" Donovan is the owner of many businesses including a casino/club/strip joint. Hank Summers is a man who owes money to Angelus, so he strikes a deal with him. His daughter in place of what he owes. Angelus accepts this deal. The only thing is Angelus falls in love with his daughter and Buffy falls for Angelus. This causes many problems and yet the two cannot help but love each other. When something else happens to Buffy's father, they have to figure out if their love is more important or life.
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy or Angel or any other character from the show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. They will always belong to Joss Whedon.
This story is an AU, no vampires or demons, Buffy is not the slayer and Angel is not a vampire.+
And lastly this is my first Buffy fanfic so I hope everyone likes it.
Chapter 3
The Next Day- 3:00 p.m.
"Angelus, Miss Summers is here" said Gunn.
"Thank you Gunn, send her in please" said Angelus.
Buffy walked in wearing a brown miniskirt and a tan tank top, with a brown chunky heel.
"Buffy, nice of you to be on time" said Angelus.
"Yeah well it's my first day and all" said Buffy, flirting a little.
"Yes, well there is your uniform" said Angelus, pointing to a black dress that was laid out on the couch.
Buffy walked over to it, a little confused. The women who worked in the Master's Lair, usually wore leather skimpy outfits, excluding the casino level, but this dress, which was hers, was an elegant and simple black v-neck dress that ended at her knee.
"As I said before your job would be different from the rest of the women who work here" said Angelus, chuckling a little at her confusion. She did this cutest little thing where she bit her bottom lip. He just wanted to kiss her. But he shook his thoughts when she turned and looked at him.
"What exactly would I be doing?" asked Buffy.
"Well you would kinda be like my secretary. All I really want you to do Buffy is get drinks for my meetings" said Angelus
Buffy titled her head a little to the side and wondered why he was being so kind to her. She read once that he was ruthless and never gave a damn about his female workers, because he always employed whores.
"I know you are wondering what is going on Buffy, but I promise when the time is right I will explain, right now I need you to get me three waters and a scotch" said Angelus.
Buffy nodded
"You can use my private bathroom it is right there" said Angelus, as he pointed to a door on his left.
Buffy went into the bathroom and marveled at it. It was filled with dark, rich colors. More mahogany and red filled the room. The toilet was black, as was the tub, the sink was black as well. This room screamed Angelus as well.
Buffy quickly changed into the dress and noticed how it clung to her figure. She now knew why Angelus choose this dress for her.
As Angelus waited for Buffy to come out of the bathroom, he thought about how the dress would look on her. He didn't pick out the dress, Faith did and with Faith's style, he was afraid she would look too desirable.
Buffy stepped out of the bathroom and Angelus sucked in a breathe. She looked stunning, the black dress hugged her every curve.
"Angel do you have any shoes?" asked Buffy.
"Over there" said Angelus, as he tried to keep his cool. Looking at her made his pulse flow faster, and his manhood grow stiff.
"Angelus, Ethan Rayne, Parker Adrams, and Kurt Finn are here to see you." said Spike, whistling when he saw Buffy.
Angelus looked like he was ready to kill Spike when he whistled
"Wow pet if you don't mind me saying you look stunning" said Spike.
Buffy knew Spike from before. She met him when she first came to the club. He was the bouncer who let her in. He was kind and nice to her making sure she didn't get into trouble.
"Thank you" said Buffy.
"Spike don't you have somewhere to be?" growled out Angelus.
"Calm down Nancy Boy" said Spike.
"Spike leave Angelus alone, besides I heard that whistle and B, I do have to say you look hot. Hotter than most girls here" said Faith, who came in. She too was wearing a similar dress to Buffy except her dress was strapless and was shorter.
"Buffy this is Faith, Spike's wife" said Angelus
"It's nice to meet you" said Buffy, extending her hand.
"You too B, now I won't have to come up here anymore" said Faith.
Buffy was curious as to why she said that and was about to ask, but Angelus reminded her about those drinks.
"Faith go with her, I don't want her out of your sight. The men at the bar are dangerous sometimes" said Angelus.
Faith knew from experience that he was telling the truth. Men at the bar usually grabbed her and mauled her body, but after she met Spike that all that stopped. Usually it was because he followed her.
"I know Angelus" said Faith, who went to follow Buffy.
"I am going to go too" said Spike.
Angelus smirked Spike hated that Faith always listened to him, even if it meant putting her in danger, whatever Angelus asked she did. He also knew Spike was overprotective when it came to his wife and he had a feeling Spike was now going to become overprotective of Buffy.
Buffy made it to the bar and noticed the stares of all the men.
She did her best to get away from their roaming hands and went to talk to Willy, the bartender.
"Hey Buffy, what can I get Angelus?" asked Willy.
Buffy was a little shocked that he knew her and that he knew she worked there, but brushed it off
"Um 3 waters and a scotch" said Buffy.
"Coming right up" said Willy.
"Hey B need some help?" asked Faith.
"No I am good" said Buffy.
"Your right you are good" said a man at the bar.
Faith turned to look at the man and gave him a death glare, but was blocked by her husband who stood in front of her.
"Do we have a problem?" asked Spike.
"No, no problem Spike" said the man.
"I didn't think so" said Spike.
"Hey Spike you want anything?" asked Willy.
"No just get Angelus' drinks" said Spike
Willy handed Buffy the 3 drinks and scotch, just as Buffy was rounding the corner someone pinched her butt. The drinks fell to the floor and the glasses broke, but Buffy was nursing her now sore butt.
"Hey what was that?" asked Spike, as he got up in front of that guys face.
"She looked hot" said Riley.
Buffy looked at the man who now stood tall, sandy blonde hair, and green eyes.
"You know that you are not aloud to touch the waitresses, if you want to touch you go up a level" said Spike
"I don't even want to know why you're here Finn" said Faith, a disgusted look coming over her face.
"How is it here Faith?" asked Riley.
"Better than it was at your hell hole" spit Faith.
Buffy just stood there looking at the three talk or fight, she wasn't exactly sure.
"Riley Finn, I thought I told you never to return here again" said a very angry Angelus
"But I had to come Darla wanted me to wish you her best" said Riley, mocking Angelus.
Angelus looked as though he was ready to kill, but Gunn and Spike held him back.
"Just get out Fish boy" said Faith, who slung an arm around Buffy and escorted her back to Angelus' office.
"Faith who was that?" asked Buffy, once they were safely back in Angelus' office.
"That was Riley Finn, Angelus' arch rival. See Riley owns..."
"Fish Tank" added Buffy
"Yeah, hence my nickname for him" said Faith.
"Why does he hate Angelus?" asked Buffy.
"Because Angelus has it all, except something recently happened" said Faith.
"What?" asked Buffy. She was curious. What could have possibly happened.
But before Faith could answer her Angelus stormed in.
"Don't you EVER talk to him AGAIN, understand" screamed Angelus.
Buffy's eyes went wide and she looked as though she was about to cry. He never yelled at her before. Okay so they breifly met but in that time he had been nice.
"Angelus calm down" said Spike.
"Buffy I am sorry its just that Riley, he gets to me" said Angelus, who moved to hug Buffy, but was pushed away by her hands.
She quickly ran from the room, tears rolling down her face.
"Buffy" said Angelus, who was ready to go after her, was stopped by Faith.
"Let me go" said Faith, as she went after Buffy.
"Buffy, wait" said Faith.
Buffy stopped at her name and waited till Faith stood next to her.
"He... he yelled" said Buffy
"Angelus, yells yes, but you have to understand, Riley isn't exactly his favorite person. Look I probably shouldn't tell you this, but a few weeks ago Angelus' on again, off again girlfriend left The Master's Lair and went to The Fish Tank to work with Riley. Riley has been competing with Angelus for the best hot spot for 2 years now." said Faith
It dawned on Buffy who they were talking about. In fact it was a big news topic on the television. Darla Mason dated Angelus for a couple of years till they split and then continued with a rocky relationship for the next 3 years. Darla had enough and went on to start dating Riley Finn, new casino and strip club owner. The last she heard was that they were split.
"Darla" said Buffy.
"Yeah, she broke his heart. The moment before she left Angelus had arranged a ring meeting with a local jeweler. He was going to propose" said Faith.
It crushed Buffy's heart that Angelus got hurt, but she was happy that they were not engaged.
"I feel bad now" said Buffy
"I am sure Angelus feels worse. He never meant to yell at you" said Faith.
"I know and I guess I should get used to it" said Buffy.
"He does yell quite often" said Faith.
Buffy chuckled a little and said "I guess I should apologize"
"Well there really isn't any reason you should apologize, but I am sure he wants to" said Faith
"Yeah" said Buffy.
"Can I let you on a little secret?" asked Faith
"Sure" said Buffy
"Angelus likes you. In fact you're the first girl I have ever seen him be nice to or at least attempt to be nice to. He never did that with Darla, in fact they always fought." said Faith
Buffy smiled at this and wondered if maybe her dreams could come true. In the end could she get the "devil's" heart? She wondered.
"Let's go" said Faith, leading Buffy back to Angelus' office
Meanwhile...
"I didn't mean to yell at her" said Angelus.
"Well you did kinda snap Peaches" said Spike.
"I just, I saw him touch her and I couldn't stop. I wanted to kill him" said Angelus.
"Do you think it is a little more than that?" asked Gunn
"What do you mean?" asked Angelus.
"Darla" whispered Gunn.
"What was that?" asked Angelus, knowing exactly what Gunn had whispered.
"Darla" said Gunn, a little more loudly.
"Don't ever talk about that Bitch again" said Angelus.
"I am sorry it's just that you have had this thing with blondes lately ever since she went to work with Riley" said Gunn.
Angelus turned around and pinned Gunn to a wall
"Talk about Darla in my prsence again and I swear I will kill you myself" said Angelus
"Angelus!" said Spike
"WHAT?" asked Angelus, as he let Gunn go. Gunn tried to grip for air.
"Buffy and Faith are coming back" said Spike, showing him the camera.
It calmed Angelus down to see Buffy. He didn't know what was going on with him, but he didn't care at that moment. All that mattered was that Buffy was coming back.
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