She felt the same dull sensation spread throughout her muscles as she drank the vial with one hand; she held out the other for Malfoy to place the ring on her finger. The feeling of him so close to her became immediately comforting against her will. Hermione’s body  screamed for his touch to draw nearer. She remembered it from the last time - the way the pureblood man’s touch felt soothing to her, like his fingers had always meant to be on her skin. 