But Draco’s wealth and standing in St. Mungo’s had given him an exclusive inside look to the repercussions of such travel. While most of the prisoners had returned in the same condition in which they had left, a few had come back in worse. And some had not come back at all, lost to the universe. The device itself had a countdown on it, similar to a portkey, and would return to them after twenty-four hours, with or without someone having it in hand. It was a precaution that Theo had devised; a way to protect Draco’s investment and his own project.