It was true that there were countless people in their world who wanted Hermione dead. That was a reality she'd been living in for decades. Before the war, during the war, after the war... it was all the same. She knew that she was likely to always be in some measure of danger thanks to her past choices. William Wood was different though. He was tenacious, single-minded, and perhaps, just the right amount of insane to even consider his chances against one of the Dark Lord's most dangerous Death Eaters. Hermione hadn't gotten to the position she was in simply by laying on her back and letting powerful men aid her in her rise to the top. No, she earned her place. In order to earn it, she had to be ruthless. It was certain to come to bite her later.