Security had also increased since Pritchard’s untimely departure from the school. Prefects had additional rounds, and Slytherin upperclassmen had been deputised to report on any wrongdoing. The Carrows were somehow always in sight—not a day went by without Hermione seeing Amycus Carrow’s ugly face leering at her from around a corner. She was being monitored, that much was obvious. One slip-up and she would be Crucio’d into next week. Despite Hermione’s fondness for her husband’s bruises and bite marks, she had no wish to repeat the torture of her previous interrogation. Pain for pain's sake was not something she particularly enjoyed. 