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At Crestview Academy, you are either the predator, the prey, or the property of the Ivory 4.
Maya Thorne wasn't born into the world of silk sheets and silver spoons. She's a scholarship student, a "ghost" from the wrong side of the tracks, working double shifts at a greasy-spoon diner to keep her family's head above water. Her plan was simple: keep her head down, get her degree, and get out.
But a ghost becomes a target the moment she bleeds.
When Maya defends a student from a public execution by Sterling Vance IV, the cold-blooded heir to the Vance empire, she triggers the "Disturbance" protocol. She didn't just insult a boy; she challenged an institution.
The Fallout was instant. The Entanglement was permanent.
The Blacklist: In one phone call, Sterling ensures no business in the city will hire her.
The Doxing: Her family's medical debt and home address are leaked to the school's elite social forum.
The Hunt: She is branded a "Social Outcast," making her fair game for the bored, rich, and cruel.
Now, Maya is trapped in a web of Sterling's making. But as she fights to survive, she discovers that the Ivory 4 isn't as solid as it looks. With a mysterious insider playing both sides and Sterling becoming dangerously obsessed with the only girl who ever said "no," Maya must decide: will she break the web, or will she become the spider?
Money can buy anything. But it can't buy her silence.
🏛️ The Cast (The I4)