Leaving Hermione that day had haunted his every waking moment since.The look of defeat on her face as Dobby pulled them from the Manor had crushed him. The strategist in him knew that she had been moments from death. Bellatrix would have happily sliced her throat in front of them just to watch Harry suffer. But if they left? If they left, she’d become valuable to the Death Eaters, she’d have a purpose and they would have a reason to keep her alive.