"Ah, but there is hope you may become worthy yet, Draco," Voldemort says, and Hermione cracks her eyes open just enough to see he is still smiling, but now Hermione thinks he means the expression to be gentle and reassuring. It isn't. "You have certainly been treating your slave as befits a Death Eater, if her obedience is any indication. It seems as though you have broken her quite well."