With the end of the year quickly approaching, she knew that something was about to happen. Of course, no matter how many times she attempted to convince herself that she was being paranoid, it never worked. Rodolphus was growing desperate. His actions would start to show that soon, if they hadn't already. The loss of his key alliances had no doubt altered his long-term plans, but there was still cause to fear that his desire to bring back his wife was his number one and possibly only priority. Hermione was still in danger. It was exhausting to never be able to take a deep breath and relax.