Hermione’s dad would die before letting Hermione be hurt, and the idea of him hurting her himself...it was something she knew he would never, ever do. The very idea was abhorrent. But Draco’s father would do it – had done it – and Hermione couldn’t help the gasp that tore from her throat as Draco confirmed her suspicions with that jagged, reluctant yes. Fathers were supposed to protect their children not... As much as Lucius Malfoy had always been evil and horrible, Hermione had assumed that he would never be like that to his own son. She remembered the look of eager-to-please adoration in a small Draco’s smug, infuriating face as he stood by his father’s side, the conceited pride as Draco had bragged of "my father’.