Night Gaze The Redemption of Joker
It felt wrong to laugh, and yet he couldn't stop; some broken part of him found the whole scene absurd, unbearable, hilarious in the way only true horror could be.
"What was that!" a man shouted from somewhere inside.
"Maybe it's the boy, boss," came another voice, tight with nervous energy.
"Then check on it."
"Yes, sir."
The back door creaked open, and a man stepped out, scanning the yard, but he found no one waiting there. Only a raccoon sat in the grass, gnawing at an apple core, indifferent to the chaos inside. Jack had already pressed himself against the far side of the outhouse, his knees drawn to his chest, his breath held tight in his lungs. He forced himself to stay still, though h