Hermione considered that a moment. She was angry with all that had happened to her, and she'd talked hotly about getting vengeance, a reckoning with her torturers. But now that she was on the cusp of it, she hesitated. Could she do it, or live with herself if she did? Could she hurt, maim ... kill, if it came to it? If Harry was hurt, his back turned, blindsided, double-teamed ... what would she do? How would she react?