Antonin Dolohov's purple-flamed curse had unexpected consequences when it failed to kill Hermione Granger in the Department of Mysteries. Without regular access to his touch to soothe the remnants of the curse, she'll die... AU from end of OotP.

During the summer between her sixth and seventh year, Hermione is abducted by the Death Eaters. She ends up in Malfoy Manor, but soon her life will even be in more danger when she meets a dangerous man who she had believed to have died in her fourth year at Hogwarts... Barty Crouch Jr.

It is ten years after the final battle of Hogwarts. Some things have changed: Severus Snape has survived and is back to teaching Potions, Professor McGonagall is the headmistress, Ron and Harry are now Aurors. But someone has been missing-presumed-dead for ten years. The quest to find her takes Snape to the Muggle world where he finds more than expected.