"I did," he said quietly. "Not only that, but if my father was still alive, I wanted to end his life too. I wanted to take away that power from the Ministry. My initial plan was purely selfish. As for the bloodline, I knew if there was still an heir, the Ministry wouldn’t be able to get into the vault. But that was always secondary to what I really wanted. Please believe me, Hermione. I didn’t set out to hurt you, only myself."