Lady Astoria Greengrass arrived at the Burrow late the next morning. Hermione and Draco had been holed up with Gryffindor in his study since eight of the clock; although she had slipped into his bed after Ron’s departure last night and participated fiercely in their lovemaking, she was still distracted, and she suspected Draco knew it. He was shooting her piercing looks whenever he thought she wasn’t looking and there was a cold light in his grey eyes.