Thorfinn was right. Everyone who came into her life was fucked. Hermione couldn't bear to stay there another moment. Because of her meddling, because of her deep desire to remember the past when it was better left forgotten, she condemned a father and a husband to a painful death. She just could not imagine that after what she witnessed, Ron would come out of it unscathed. Magic could only do so much. Looking at the scene one final time, Hermione moved away from the hedge she was hiding behind.