Summer quietly arrived, and before they knew it, the students were changing into short-sleeved shirts, running and playing in the corridors. Even the threat of detention from Filch could not dampen the children's joy at the coming of summer.
After earning Professor McGonagall's approval this semester, Alistair was permitted to borrow books from the restricted section—mostly volumes on the history of magic. Although the history of magic was a subject he detested, he went to have a look anyway.
To his utter astonishment, as he browsed through the restricted section, he stumbled upon a copy of *Occlumency*, annotated in the margins by none other than the Half-Blood Prince! He could hardly believe such a book was kept in the restricted section. Surely a book like this belonged in the forbidden section? Or at the very least, the archives?
Chapter 29