Ron had made it to Harry's bunk just after Hermione. And though he heard her reasoning . . . he still wrapped his arms around her from behind. Because somehow, he figured it was a lot less likely Lord Fuckface would even think to use Hermione's parents like this unless he actually had them, because Hermione had hidden her family well and the effort involved that would require the Dark Bastard to think of anyone's Muggle relatives as worth something in the first place . . . but Crouch could come up with something like that. And Ron knew how Crouch worked, now.