A beat as Hermione processes that, her stomach tying in sick knots; because she is in very real danger, because Malfoy was beaten for protecting her, because after what she said to him this morning he had still risked everything try to get her out again. She bites her tongue, trying to be calm and stay where she is, clutching the chair like a lifeline. The possibility that the other Death Eaters would be so eager to hurt her hadn't occurred to her before now. She had thought that being thought of as Malfoy's would make her untouchable. Apparently not.