What if Christmas cheer was just a mask for something monstrous? Lily's life is hell. Trapped with parents who treat her like garbage, every day is just another round of survival. So when they win a mysterious all-expenses-paid trip to the North Pole, it feels like a cruel joke. But they pack up and go, her deadbeat parents forever oozing greed and chasing gimmicks. Up there, in the land of endless ice, things start to bleed through the cracks in the snow. The air smells wrong. The elves don’t smile. And Santa? He isn’t here to bring joy—he’s here to collect.