It was the same dream again, with the drapes and the ashes and the mysterious man. Visions of the blue-eyed stranger came almost incessantly. It had become her obsession. It had been months now since she had left the orphanage. She had been traveling state to state ever since her release. At first she didn't understand why, what was compelling her forward. Eventually, though, she realized. She was following the mystery man's trail. The problem was he moved a lot, never staying in one place longer than a few days. It was only Sophie's visions that kept his trail warm; otherwise, he would have been impossible to track. Sophie's hunt had led her through half of the northeast, her most recent vision bringing her here, to Detroit, Michigan. She knew the man was somewhere in the city, or at least had been. The vision of him seeing the mile marker on the exit, and him getting off of the express way confirmed that. He was riding in a van with several other men. Why, Sophie couldn't say.
