She still didn’t sleep very well – she was tormented by insomnia, and then nightmares when she did fall asleep. And even when her nights were sleepless, the ring that the High Reeve gave her on their "wedding day" tended to start squeezing her finger tightly, sometimes feeling as hot as melted iron, sometimes as cold as stone. Hermione had an uncanny feeling the ring was alive. She tried taking it off when it got so tight it started to make her finger blue, but to no avail – it simply wouldn’t come off no matter how hard she tried or what spells she used. Hermione had an idea it was the High Reeve’s way of torturing her albeit in a small way – truth be told, the ring irritated her more than did actual harm, but she hated it anyways.