Hermione closed the book she'd been attempting to read and looked out over Narcissa's gardens, beginning to bloom in the early spring, and pondered her fate. She'd ultimately given in to her position beside Draco and knew that it meant she would have to relinquish her identity as Hermione Granger as well as her allegiance to the police. There was always the possibility that Neville had not taken her advice and would come back to strip her of her secrets, but that seemed unlikely.