Mistress of Magic, Chapter 20 Summary

Once Morgaine returns to Avalon, she sneaks out early one day to find the herbs she needs to abort the pregnancy. She knows she can take them from the House of Maidens, but they will notice her taking them, so she prefers to find them on her own. Morgaine goes out and finds them but wanders too far and she suddenly realizes that she is no longer in Avalon. She finds herself surrounded by marsh and not forest as she should be. Whichever direction she chooses turns out to be the wrong way. A woman appears before her that Morgaine knows is no one from Avalon. The woman speaks to Morgaine and asks her what she is doing, although the stranger already knows the answer. She advises Morgaine to think twice about what she wants to do...