And what about the  other consequence  that had been on her mind last night? It would be one thing for Hermione to tame her unbridled guilt over some random inspector’s death. She had plenty of experience working through self-loathing these last few months and already could feel the gears in her mind shifting; the wand official should have let them go. But if she was pregnant...if she had actually conceived a child with Malfoy through a Blood Ritual, then...