Cold - Part One
Internet fame was her escape plan. Antarctica wasn’t. But down there, what numbed her wasn’t the cold—it was seeing her own hurt in someone else. Ivy Murrow watched the world through her iPhone lens, the same way she’d learned to watch everything over the past few years—arm’s length, slightly filtered, always recording. The Solstice VI dipped lazily in the ocean slush while the crew moved with a speed that didn’t match the water or the mood. She stood apart, boots planted awkwardly on the wet deck, one hand steadying herself, the other raised like a confession. “So...