It was an offer that she didn't want to refuse. Every single day Hermione worried about her son. What was happening in the castle? Was he safe? She dropped into a chair at the kitchen table to tear open the sealed missive. Almost instantly she felt a churning in her gut. He might have been trying to put a positive spin in his letter, but she could read between the lines. Less than two weeks into the first term and things were not going well inside the castle.