Alex Armstrong, once known as Alexandra Quinlan and dubbed 'Empty Eyes' by a sensationalist media, has reshaped her identity after her family's notorious murder—which she was accused of. A decade on, now a legal investigator, she relentlessly seeks justice for those like Matthew Claymore, whose girlfriend disappeared while on the cusp of exposing campus scandals. As Alex delves into the case, revelations about the university's elite surface, linking back to the very crimes that altered her life forever. But the closer Alex gets to truth, the more she realizes that appearances can be fatally deceptive.