His silver eyes studied her closely and she wished just once, she could read Draco Malfoy’s thoughts. But just as those ideas bubbled up in her head, did she push them away because establishing any emotional closeness with the pureblood prince scared her. He scared her. Not because he wielded killing curses like they were nothing, but because he seemed to understand her in a way that even she didn’t. The more she let him in, the more power he had to destroy her, and the last person she wanted to give that power to was Draco Malfoy.