Summary
Hermione Granger wasn't able to escape the Malfoy Manor. As a result, Bellatrix Lestrange tortured her until her mind broke. Hermione then found herself talking to her hallucinations. Unknown to her, she was talking to the Malfoy Patriarch. At first, Lucius Malfoy was there to watch the mudblood suffer, but as time went by, he soon learned that he was capable of pity and compassion