All Chapters of Book One of the Rosewood Trilogy: The Broken Sanctum: Chapter 51 - Chapter 52

THe nexting I woke before the bells.For a moment I lay still in the quiet of my room, staring up at the ceiling while the first grey light of dawn slipped through the small window above my desk.Then I pushed the blankets back and sat up.If I got to breakfast early enough, the hall would still be mostly empty.No whispers.No staring.Just food and quiet.The dining hall was only a quarter full when I arrived, mostly older students who kept strange schedules or first years who hadn’t figured out the rhythm of the school yet.I ate quickly, enjoying the rare silence.By the time the crowds started to arrive, I was already slipping out the doors.Advanced Potions was my first class of the day.And the one I was looking forward to the most.The potion laboratory sat in the eastern academic building, a wide stone room lined with long work tables and shelves packed with glass bottles, herbs, powders, and ingredients whose names most students struggled to pronounce.The room smelled faint