Now he did. Now he would never be accepted back into the wizarding society even if they won the war which seemed more and more unlikely every day. The Death Eaters will probably have taken down Hogwarts by morning, and there is no way they will find Voldemort by that time. Who knows how long they will be able to stay at this cottage if the war remains in this limbo state for who knows how long. She promised herself to keep him at her side for as long or as little as they had left. For the first time, she understood his need to have her at arm’s length at all times – she couldn’t stomach the idea of them being separated again, not when she realized he was her only haven, not when the thought of him getting hurt made her physically ill.