Word Count: exactly 100
Challenge: 14 Crookshanks
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Title: Binding the Day and Night
Hermione handed the knife to Snape without prompting and she braced herself. Snape glided the edge over her trembling hand like a surgeon, and she released a small gasp.
He then placed his left palm over her right with unusual gentleness, aligning the cuts to merge the blood, which now slowly dripped onto Crookshanks body.
Suddenly Snape pulled her closer and began roughly binding their clasped palms with the chain. His baritone voice holding a sinister quality as he spat, "if we separate during the ritual we will both die. I will not wager my life on your Gryffindor courage."