"You can divorce me." It wasn't what she wanted, for sure. Melody would be ruined and likely unable to return to Hogsmeade without bearing the weight of the shame. She wrapped the blanket around her as she stood. "You can reveal what I did and escape this. I won't stop you." There was a chance she would be arrested if he did, but it wasn't as though she deserved any better.

Had she not just spent the past twelve hours becoming intimately acquainted with him, she might've blushed and turned away. Instead, she remained fixed by the door watching him. "Where are you going?" She asked quickly. Melody understood wanting to dress - clothes were armor in a woman's world, after all, but he looked as though he was about to run. "We have to talk about this. You can't just leave."