The Scars of Silence

At Cheong-ah High, prestige is the only currency that matters-and silence is the price of admission.

To the outside world, Nam Hye-jin is the "Gold Child"-a straight-A student with a flawless reputation and a bright future. But behind the soundproof concrete walls of Dorm Room 402, she is the architect of a living nightmare. Her target is Ji-soo, a scholarship student whose only hope for her family's survival is to endure the unendurable.

What started as stolen homework and whispered insults has devolved into calculated cruelty. Ji-soo is being tormented by a quartet of girls who know that their status makes them untouchable.

As the physical and psychological marks deepen, Ji-soo finds herself trapped in a "private cage of shame," watched over by Kae-wan, who offers secret mercies but refuses to break his silence yet.

With the school hierarchy stacked against her and the violence escalating toward a point of no return, Ji-soo must decide: will she remain a victim of the "Spiderweb" they've spun around her, or will her scars become the very thing that burns the system down?

Some secrets are etched in skin. Some silences are meant to be broken.

**MATURE FOR VIOLENCE**