In Chap­ter 240 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” Saint arrives at Birm­ing­ham-Shut­tlesworth Inter­na­tion­al Air­port less than a day after her har­row­ing expe­ri­ence sav­ing Mar­ty Tooms. The atmos­phere in the air­port is live­ly yet tired, filled with weary trav­el­ers strug­gling with their lug­gage as she weaves through the crowd. Her focus is sharp as she nav­i­gates past them, deter­mined to reach her des­ti­na­tion.

Saint makes her way to the rental desk, where she effi­cient­ly picks up her Taurus—an essen­tial step for her jour­ney. Once out­side, she embraces the warm Alaba­ma air that rush­es into the car as she rolls down the win­dow. The scents and sen­sa­tions of her sur­round­ings invig­o­rate her, con­trast­ing sharply with the weight of her recent encounter.

With a clear deter­mi­na­tion, she finds the high­way and accel­er­ates, leav­ing the air­port behind. The dri­ve rep­re­sents a new chap­ter of move­ment and pur­pose. The read­ers can sense her urgency to get some­where sig­nif­i­cant, her thoughts like­ly rac­ing ahead of her phys­i­cal jour­ney. This whirl­wind of action illus­trates not only her phys­i­cal momen­tum but also her men­tal state, as Saint is pro­pelled by the after­math of her actions and the unfold­ing cir­cum­stances that demand her atten­tion.

The chap­ter empha­sizes the themes of tran­si­tion and urgency, por­tray­ing Saint as a fig­ure of resilience in the face of recent chal­lenges. The brief account cap­tures her deter­mi­na­tion and focus, set­ting the tone for what­ev­er awaits her on the road ahead. The pace quick­ens as this moment mir­rors her inter­nal strug­gle and tenac­i­ty, mak­ing it clear that her jour­ney is both lit­er­al and metaphor­i­cal as she charts her path for­ward.