Draco’s life was also looking quite good. He had a job he enjoyed, which provided him with the opportunity to further his own research interests and then there was Hermione. When he had been at school, if someone had suggested he would ever want to marry know-it-all Granger he would have hexed them. Now, however, he had discussed precisely that with his mother and he had a set of bonding rings hidden in his desk drawer. They were not Malfoy family rings. Although Draco was intent on rebuilding his family name, he was starting from scratch. Therefore, when he was in need of the rings he had gone to see the Goblins and he had commissioned brand new rings created from goblin-forged silver set with sapphires. Potter had suggested the stone saying it was Hermione's favourite. Draco was just waiting for the right time to ask her.