It was when she got to the part about her chosen that Hermione’s emotions nearly got the better at her, but Ginny had come to her then and taken her hand, and Harry was holding her, and somehow their presence gave her the strength to press on – through being with Cissy, and Scabior (who she’d learned from Neville was most likely dead, and her heart broke all over again), and finally, Yaxley, when she had at last begun to realize the strength of her bond to her chosen.