## **Chapter 1: The Nocturne Family** It doesn’t begin with screams. Not with blood. But with **contracts**. The **Nocturne** family was old. Not in the sense of centuries, but in the sense of influence. Money. Connections. **Dr. Elias Nocturne** A brilliant geneticist. **Dr. Helena Nocturne** A virologist. Cold. Precise. Eerily calm. And their daughter: **Valeria …