"Hermione."  Lucius took her hands.  "When I removed that collar, I meant it.  We are still bound, and this house is your home as much as it is ours.  That will not change, sweet, but I will not deny you your own life or your own choices.  That part is over.  You are no longer property, sweet.  But you remain mine.  Make no mistake of that," he said, and she kissed him, deeply and desperately.