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“Who is it?”

“I don’t know. He won’t come out. I don’t even know if he’s a dreamwalker or just a roaming spirit. All I do know is that’s my body and I want it back.”

“What do you want me to do?”

“Track him down and lure him out,” he said in a matter-of-fact way.

“How? I wouldn’t even begin to know how to do either one of those things.”

“I know and I’ve thought about it. I think the best plan of attack is for you to just go in and get to know the guy first. Maybe if we knew more about him we’d figure a way to do it.”

“Whoa, you want me to befriend a body snatching stranger and figure a way to lure him out?” I started to question this guy’s sanity.

He dropped his head into his palms, his tone exasperated. “I know it’s too much to ask. I’m sorry but I had to try. I never thought you’d say yes, but I gave it a shot.”

His defeated expression tugged at me. “I didn’t say I wouldn’t do it.”