She shook her head, reaching behind her neck to undo the clasp on the necklace she wore. He watched with growing curiosity, sitting up slightly, with his weight braced on one bent elbow. She held the little book charm in her palms, gazing down at it, suddenly more nervous than she had been when she'd stepped into that study after he'd left the little gathering with Camilla earlier in the night. She reached for the smaller clasp on the book's front edge, trying to grab hold of the thing with shaking fingers. Draco watched her silently for a moment before gently taking the necklace from her hands, twisting the clasp open with ease. The little book fell open in his palm and he froze, eyes going glassy as he reached into the shallow opening, plucking out the thing she'd guarded religiously, the thing she had kept on her person nearly all of the time, since she was fifteen.