At last, the Enclave of Magi  had lost patience with her.

“You are forever banished from the Underworld,” rang a voice that could only be heard within the head of Lady Arianna Hunt. “You shall be stripped of your Magic; you will live a mortal life, and you will die a mortal death.”

"Death". The word haunted her.

A thought came unbidden - How had it all gone so wrong? Bile rose in her throat at the dawning realization she would no longer be able to Commune, to talk mind to mi. . .