What If Buffy Never Had to Carry the Burden Alone?

When Joyce Summers finds a vampire stake wrapped in her daughter's gym towel, she doesn't call a therapist—she calls a war council. Applying twenty years of ruthless art gallery negotiation skills to the supernatural world, Joyce refuses to let her daughter fight alone. She threatens the Watchers Council into submission, builds a civilian intelligence network, and arms herself with blessed cutlery. Now, the Master isn't just facing the Slayer; he is facing a mother with a strategic plan, a PowerPoint presentation, and absolute lethal intent. The secret is out, and Sunnydale is under new management.