Darkness

Previously

…A profound silence descended upon the alley, broken only by the persistent drumming of the rain. The trap had sprung, the mask had been removed, and the truth, in all its horrifying complexity, had been revealed. But the killer, the gardener of darkness, had slipped through their grasp, leaving them with a chilling revelation and the terrifying knowledge that the rot, as he had said, ran deep. The town’s dark secret, unearthed and exposed, had left them reeling, forever changed by the unmasking.