Rabastan was always looking for her weaknesses. From the very first day they were assigned to work together in the same department, he'd been trying to find reason to take control over the entire office. If he insisted that she return to more practical applications of her skills in the office, he would discover what he'd been looking for. Perhaps then he wouldn't want her anywhere near his group determined to prevent her husband from ascending to the Dark Lord's throne. The assumption that Rabastan was working with Theodore Nott made very little sense to Hermione. She'd never seen the two of them as potential allies. It made her wonder how many different factions actually existed out there. Would their world crumble when the Dark Lord finally died because there were so many splinter groups scrambling for power?