"It was an order to stay silent, Ginny." Hermione nervously twisted the ring on her finger. "The boys wouldn’t come back, and I wouldn’t be free if you knew. All that you’d get is fear for our lives. You said that you felt abandoned. I was scared that I was going to die if I didn’t kill the only person that knew half of what was going on. I was ordered to kill the person I love and stay silent about it."