I’m sure the Dark Lord appreciated the irony. On Draco’s advice, he had already forced Ron to marry Lavender Brown. Everyone knew by the end of sixth year that the only thing Ron liked about Lavender was her looks, and she was horribly disfigured after being mauled by Greyback during the confrontation at Hogwarts—worse than Bill. She had always been shallow herself, and her personality grated on him to no end, and the combination had made her that much worse. And then by letting Cormac take me, the Dark Lord forced both of us to see the person we loved trapped with the ex we couldn’t stand.