Night fell gently over the mansion, casting delicate shadows along the corridors. Outside, the garden remained bathed in the light of the full moon, which rose majestically in the sky, while the chorus of crickets and the rustling of trees composed the soundtrack of that late hour. Upstairs, everything was already quiet. The children slept in their rooms, wrapped in innocent dreams. Each soft breath Zoe heard as she kissed them goodnight before going downstairs seemed to confirm that the world