Night Gaze The Redemption of Joker
His flashlight beam died a few feet past the threshold, swallowed by shadow so complete it seemed to swallow sound as well.
"Not exactly the situation I was hoping for," he muttered, steadying his breath, willing his hands to stop shaking.
The wind howled, rattling the tree limbs and chattering the wind chimes somewhere close, a strange, delicate sound amid the chaos. Gordon stepped through the doorway, spotting a large radio and a phone to his left. His pulse thundered in his ears, his finger resting light against the trigger, every nerve stretched taut.
Then - a noise. Scratchy, sudden, coming from his right.