Why would he want to live without Hermione Granger? Want wasn’t the right word. Of course he didn’t want to live without her, but the real question should be why should he live without Hermione Granger? And for that question, he had a million answers. She was superior to him in every conceivable way, and he hadn’t lived a life that earned him the love of anyone, nevertheless someone like Granger. She was strong, and intelligent, and beautiful, and inspiring, and he was a Death Eater. He shouldn’t be with Hermione Granger because she already belonged to another, one who had lived a life worthy of her attentions, and who was sitting right in front of him.