Malfoy was different. His guilt had been well known, but his last minute conversion to the light during the final moments of the Battle of Hogwarts had been enough to grant him freedom. Harry had testified for Mrs. Malfoy, but while he’d never intended to help the patriarch, his words for the weeping distraught woman had carried over to the rest of the family by proxy. So father and son had both been released under close Ministry watch along with their mother. But, as the years progressed, attentions had drifted away. No one seemed to remember that the cool and elegant man had once been a ruthless terrorist.