She felt the slight twist in her belly, a chill racing through her bloodstream. And for yet another time in her life, she was going to ignore that gut warning. It was as if the choice had been made for her all while the wrongness of it all screamed at her. Hermione might have been able to endure a trial by the Wizongamot, however, she wasn’t sure if she had the strength to fight a trial by public opinion when she in fact wanted to work in the Ministry someday. To fight for herself, her reputation; to defend choices that clearly defied the Ministry’s decent expectations and moral wizarding code. She could picture the headline: Hermione Granger: War Heroine Turned Hypocrite.