When he crept out into the hall, his daughters were both asleep in their tiny little beds. He smiled as he walked by, heading downstairs.

 

It was probably nothing. It was always nothing. His wife got all worked up about... about what? Creaks, the house settling, raccoons in the garbage. She lived in a haunted house, growing up, so she was always on high alert.

 

Even so, he grabbed his older daughter's baseball bat as he approached the kitchen door. Just in case.

 

Without turning on the lights, he gazed out the window, trying to catch a glimpse of something that might be flapping in the wind, making noises. But the something he saw... well, it was extremely unusual.

 

A woman. But not a woman, not exactly, because this woman was also... a rabbit? From what Joe could see in the starlight, she had long black hair and Asian eyes. Small, petite frame, young, and wearing a silky little pink number. But she also had these ears, these white ears sticking up off her head, and when she turned and bent down, the bunny girl wasn't wearing any panties...