Chapter 460
A package arrived for Wesley on Friday. It was from a lawyer, he feared he knew what this was about. Years ago, in his days as a rogue demon hunter, Wesley had gone after a strong vampire in the Balkans. There were four other hunters with Wesley, including Laurie. After they killed this vampire they discovered that the vampire had a fine wine collection, so all five of them got drunk. In the morning they all woke up with massive hangovers, and realized there was still one bottle left. These five gave the bottle to a lawyer, with the condition that this be given to the last among them that was still alive. Laurie had left Sunnydale in search of another Chalice piece. When Wesley saw the bottle he knew iw was true. Laurie was dead, and the bottle was now his. Wesley got his friends together. Fred, Giles, Jenny. The four of them toasted together. The lives that they saved, and those that they failed to save. Wesley knew the end could be nigh. No point in saving this wine for later when "later" might not come. But as these four celebrated, they were glad that they at least had each other to help them through this.