[center][h3][color=aba000]Alexander Shields[/color][/h3][/center] Alexander had no idea what just happened. Justine got the blood sacrifice from Lily she needed...except nothing happened. And it was because her sister still loved her, or something? This made no sense, and not because he didn't understand the 'power of love' or anything like that. Emotions could let you draw upon strength you didn't know you had. And then there was the branch of magic that centered around emotions. So yeah, we could buy that 'love' was what stopped the ritual from starting up, it was the 'how' that he couldn't wrap his head around. But in the end, it didn't really matter that much, because he already understood everything he needed to; Lily was safe, the vampire bitch's plans were toast... ...and an asskicking was about to commence. Alexander put up five layers of barriers around him and Lily before he put his hand on her shoulder "[color=aba000]Lily![/color]" He pumped as much magic as he could into her, reinforcing her magical power as high as it would go "[color=aba000]be the instrument of my petty spite and anger![/color]"