Poisoned Ivy

In the fictional state of Cassia, a sweeping anti-“inclusive education” bill threatens to dismantle decades of progress. Dr. Vera Lang, a brilliant but undervalued professor of sociology, watches her life’s work crumble under the gavel of Chancellor Aldric Hume and his all-male board. Humiliated, betrayed, and stripped of her tenure, Vera discovers that Hume’s crusade is fueled not by principle, but by a secret envy of her moral authority. Using her quiet, gentle demeanor as a weapon, she orchestrates a meticulous poisoning—not for gain, but to erase the man who embodied the system that crushed her. This is a story of corrosive jealousy, where the destroyer seeks no prize, only the satisfaction of annihilation.