Grateful to have a topic other than Ginny to discuss, Hermione relaxed ever so slightly. It was disconcerting to hear that her brother-in-law hadn't been dragged out from under whatever rock he was hiding. With William Wood as his partner, in more ways than she wanted to think about, he had more resources. Not only did Wood know the tracking spell and clearly still had one of her possessions, he had connections to a large group of people that hated her very existence. Maybe even Ginny would help them. She seemed to want Hermione out of the picture badly enough.