My procrastinating Choosing Family Chapter Six plot bunny - as ever, feel free to make suggestions.
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Rock and a Hard Place
"I found it! Wait. Oh."
"What's - oh."
"Exactly. Without - "
"Unless...."
“Would they?"
"Self-preservation?"
"Maybe. But Harry wouldn’t - "
"You think he’d - "
"Well, no...."
Harry waited somewhat patiently for an explanation or even complete sentences, but when they started to close the book without them, he demanded answers.
"There’s a way to kill Voldemort and anything he's bound himself to."
“The horcruxes?”
"And the Death Eaters."
"Great! What's -- oh."
"The spies, exactly. But you’ve shared power -- his -- and blood -- yours -- the Dark Mark could be modified to respond to you."
He stared incredulously.
"There’s probably a spell to change the Mark."
"Hermione!"