Chap­ter 207 of All the Col­ors of the Dark begins with Saint’s arrival at Mia­mi Inter­na­tion­al Air­port, a loca­tion filled with the noise and move­ment of trav­el­ers. The city’s heat press­es down on her, and the humid­i­ty caus­es her shirt to cling to her skin as she maneu­vers through the throngs of vaca­tion­ers. She picks up her Ford Crown Vic­to­ria, slip­ping behind the wheel, and dri­ves onto the 95 Express, mak­ing her way toward her des­ti­na­tion. As she dri­ves, she recalls her pre­vi­ous coor­di­na­tion with Himes, who had man­aged to secure the FBI’s approval for the instal­la­tion of sur­veil­lance cam­eras out­side a church where Eli Aaron had recent­ly been spot­ted. The details of Eli gath­er­ing rosary beads had sparked the inter­est of the inves­ti­ga­tors, and the act seemed to hold greater sig­nif­i­cance than ini­tial­ly thought. As she dri­ves, the weight of their com­bined efforts in track­ing him feels like a moment of relief, though the loom­ing urgency of their mis­sion remains ever-present. Saint is acute­ly aware of how close they are to final­ly catch­ing him, yet the dan­ger Eli rep­re­sents looms large in her mind.

Mean­while, Sis­ter Cecile’s account of Eli’s actions fur­ther adds to the com­plex­i­ty of the inves­ti­ga­tion. After obtain­ing the rosary beads, Eli had entered the chapel and lit a dozen can­dles, a rit­u­al that held sym­bol­ic sig­nif­i­cance. He had spo­ken to Sis­ter Isabelle, claim­ing that he was per­form­ing God’s work and was head­ing south to a place that was “hot­ter in many ways.” This cryp­tic state­ment had only fueled the mys­tery sur­round­ing Eli’s des­ti­na­tion, adding anoth­er lay­er of intrigue to the inves­ti­ga­tion. Using the infor­ma­tion about the van’s make, mod­el, and license plates, author­i­ties had quick­ly attempt­ed to track Eli’s move­ments through the city, but they tem­porar­i­ly lost the trail. Sus­pect­ing that Eli had switched either his vehi­cle or the license plates, the team faced a set­back, yet they refused to let this dis­cour­age them. Deter­mined, the agents set up road­blocks and check­points, review­ing hours of sur­veil­lance footage to map out Eli’s like­ly route. They traced his path south, from Philadel­phia through the Car­oli­nas, along the coast through Wilm­ing­ton, and then Myr­tle Beach. From there, Eli’s jour­ney led them inland on Inter­state 81 through Vir­ginia, before cut­ting over to Inter­state 77 and even­tu­al­ly back to Inter­state 95. Each step seemed to bring them clos­er to their goal, and though the pur­suit was long and fraught with uncer­tain­ty, they remained focused on the endgame.

The relent­less pur­suit con­tin­ued for over thir­teen hun­dred miles, test­ing the sta­mi­na and patience of those involved. Despite the set­backs, includ­ing the uncer­tain­ty of whether Eli had changed vehi­cles, the agents kept press­ing for­ward. After hours of track­ing, they final­ly caught a break when a toll booth atten­dant, fifty miles from Boca Raton, noticed dis­crep­an­cies in the van’s license plates. The atten­dant, upon clos­er inspec­tion, iden­ti­fied the van from pho­tographs cir­cu­lat­ed by the author­i­ties. This rev­e­la­tion sparked a renewed sense of hope in the agents, who now had con­fir­ma­tion that they were indeed clos­ing in on their sus­pect. As Saint con­tin­ues to dri­ve toward Mia­mi, the city’s dis­tinc­tive atmos­phere greets her, with its chaot­ic ener­gy and vibrant hum. She rolls down her win­dow, let­ting the sounds of Mia­mi-Dade Coun­ty fill her sens­es. The sky­line ahead, dom­i­nat­ed by tow­er­ing gray high-ris­es, serves as a visu­al reminder of how close she is to the cul­mi­na­tion of this chase. With resolve in her voice, Saint declares, “I’m com­ing for you.” This dec­la­ra­tion sig­ni­fies more than just her com­mit­ment to the mis­sion; it high­lights her per­son­al involve­ment and the deep urgency she feels in bring­ing Eli Aaron to jus­tice. The chap­ter ends on a note of height­ened ten­sion, where the weight of Saint’s deter­mi­na­tion and the stakes of the chase are made abun­dant­ly clear. With the pur­suit still ongo­ing, this moment serves as a crit­i­cal junc­ture, pro­pelling the sto­ry for­ward as Saint’s resolve strength­ens and the con­fronta­tion with Eli draws near­er.