She couldn't resist the compulsion to leave the room, so she scurried out of the room in fear, leaving just Alaric and me as he still stared at me with his eyes wide open from shock but also amusement. He has never seen me take out my anger like this except for the one time that I did it with the devil when he tried to kill Alaric, but that only happened because Alaric was in a critical condition.

My powers seem to have returned well, and they're not as heavily dependent on Alaric ...