Just before she had to make the decision where to spend her lunch hour, a knock at the door surprised both of the office's occupants. Expecting it to simply be her worthless assistant she hadn't even bothered to get rid of yet, Hermione glanced up from the file she was reviewing. Alecto Carrow stood in the doorway smiling. In the time since she'd been back to Hogsmeade and the Ministry, the women hadn't seen each other once. For reasons that were obvious to anyone who knew how much their families loathed each other, she hadn't been invited to Theodore's wedding reception. No doubt Alecto had been inconsolable at the thought of missing out on that wretched event.