The Gilded Vial

In the cloistered world of a prestigious European international school, a demure archivist named Iris Vane endures years of quiet humiliation under the Board of Directors. When the institution's golden couple unveil a groundbreaking education initiative, Iris's envy curdles into an exquisite, profitless plot: a poisoning designed not for gain, but for the sheer, total annihilation of her perceived rival's world, exploiting every crack in a patriarchal system that has rendered her invisible.