"Maybe not. I hope what we’re doing today shortens the war." He steps back and looks at his wandwork. Anybody who sees Hermione will believe that she has been beaten. Her face is badly bruised, and the cut on her lip is charmed to bleed whenever someone is looking at it. Fingerprint bruises on her arms make it look like she was grabbed, pulled, or dragged somewhere, and the boot prints on her legs show that she was kicked. Draco hates seeing her like this; at the same time, he is aware that if anyone ever did hurt her, he would kill them without a second’s hesitation.