Katherine Pierce has gone to Hell — or at least The Vampire Diaries’ version of the dark side — and she’s not coming back.

In the final moments of Thursday’s episode, Katherine (Nina Dobrev) made her peace with losing her centuries-long battle to stay alive, but as she put her hands on Bonnie’s shoulders, the gateway to the other side, nothing happened. Suddenly, the wind started blowing, and Katherine was sucked into oblivion.

“It’s unlike anything we’ve seen before,” executive producer Caroline Dries tells TVGuide.com. “We’ve seen characters appear to Bonnie [Kat Graham], the anchor, and go through Bonnie and that’s their initiation into the other side. When Katherine died, that didn’t happen and [instead] she’s ripped out of Bonnie’s arms and sucked into wherever by some dark void. We don’t say anything religious like Heaven or Hell, but that’s the implication — she’s going to a dark world.” Continue Reading at TV Guide