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Painted Lies is a tense, emotion-driven thriller set in the ivy-clad halls of St. Liora High, where nothing is as innocent as it seems. Seori Nam, a painfully shy and perpetually melancholy transfer student, harbors an extraordinary—and isolating—gift: she sees the emotional auras of everyone around her, and when their feelings surge to extremes, she involuntarily reads their darkest thoughts. Every smile conceals a fracture, every cheer a buried regret.