In Chap­ter 208 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” Agent Gil briefs Saint in the Mia­mi Divi­sion build­ing about the urgent sit­u­a­tion sur­round­ing the dis­ap­pear­ance of Ash­lee Miller, a twen­ty-two-year-old woman abduct­ed two hours ear­li­er from Crys­tal Avenue, where a van had mount­ed the side­walk. The atmos­phere is tense as they con­tem­plate the motives behind the abduc­tions. Saint express­es her frus­tra­tion over the lack of leads, not­ing that the per­pe­tra­tor seems to select “sin­ners,” which com­pli­cates the inves­ti­ga­tion fur­ther.

Their con­fined office feels sti­fling as they work against the clock. While Agent Gil makes fran­tic phone calls, Saint sifts through the case files and reflects on her past con­ver­sa­tions about oth­er miss­ing indi­vid­u­als, specif­i­cal­ly a six­teen-year-old named Sum­mer Reynolds. Patch had pro­vid­ed details about Sum­mer, high­light­ing her trou­bled rela­tion­ship with a boyfriend and her promis­ing skills in mul­ti­ple areas, includ­ing piano and math­e­mat­ics. Saint finds her­self sink­ing deep­er into the mem­o­ries; she desires insights beyond the basics.

Saint is sur­prised to dis­cov­er that Sum­mer, despite not being pop­u­lar, was a capa­ble Girl Scout with impres­sive sur­vival skills. This rev­e­la­tion leads her to make con­nec­tions to Ash­lee Miller, ques­tion­ing whether she shared sim­i­lar hob­bies like camp­ing. She learns from Agent Gil that Ash­lee had spent the pre­vi­ous week­end in the Ocala Nation­al For­est with her girl­friend, prompt­ing a fleet­ing thought about Eli Aaron, a man who had men­tioned a love for camp­ing. Saint won­ders if Eli might have crossed paths with Ash­lee or even tar­get­ed her.

Agent Gil swift­ly mobi­lizes resources, know­ing that the sus­pect like­ly changed their vehicle’s license plates. He coor­di­nates patrol cars to sur­vey the camp­sites in the Keys, demon­strat­ing a proac­tive approach to the esca­lat­ing cri­sis. Soon, a call comes in, hint­ing that they might be close to a break­through in their search for Ash­lee. The chap­ter encap­su­lates a grip­ping, time-sen­si­tive inves­ti­ga­tion, filled with anx­i­ety and deter­mi­na­tion as they race to uncov­er the truth and save a life.