Hermione didn't realize it was already past midnight when she left Aubin's cottage. Taking only a few moments outside of the hateful structure to catch her breath, she thought about the inn that she'd made her temporary home. As much as she was beginning to loathe and despise the place, it offered her a warm bed and a roof over her head. Until she was given reason to believe that Rodolphus wasn't serious in his demands that she be kept from harm, she saw no reason to leave. Thanks to his nephew's prodigious tracking skills, if he wanted to find her, he would. No matter where she tried to run, she'd be found.