Pam herself is getting just a bit irritated at all the hot air that's being blown around, and with Eric here, his hand still on her head, she grows restless for an escape from these chains.

Suddenly Russell raises his voice and everyone is taken aback at his outburst.

There's a moment of tense silence as the echo of the words new fucking authority die away.

The Magister is flustered as his power and influence dwindles before his very eyes. Russell has no right. No right. With impotent desperation he sputters,

"I swear fealty now and always to the one true vampire Authority in whose wisdom and justice I--"