Draco told me he didn’t want to take the mark, but he did so because he wanted to protect his mother from death." Tonks visibly twitched when Hermione mentioned Narcissa. "He is a stubborn boy, and he doesn’t know yet what I’ve asked of you. He doesn’t even know I’m Hermione and as much as I hate lying, we’d like to keep it that way. And after you have, hopefully, decided in favour of my request, we will talk about that in more detail."