"She likely thought that an opportunity was slipping through her fingers," Hermione supplied. "What I mean is, and I say this without any amount of pride or boastfulness, but I was rather spectacular, academically, in Russia." Draco snorted audibly, this time with heavy amusement. No surprise there. "Adelaide saw that, maybe assumed I had some sort of deep well of power, and she coveted it. Wanted it for herself, and the Domina. She probably assumed, rightly so, that if I found my parents and left for England that I'd never be convinced to join. And so she... manipulated the circumstances to suit her purposes."