The stranger from nowhere

Previously

…A chill, unrelated to the library's cool air, snaked down his spine. He had the distinct feeling that he was not alone in his searching. That somewhere, beyond the quiet streets of Oakhaven, something was watching. Waiting. And that his newfound abilities, the whispers of the earth, might be the only thing standing between him and whatever darkness had manufactured him. The book lay open before him, a tangible link to a past he was desperate to reclaim, a past that was, he suspected, far more dangerous than he could yet comprehend. The quiet town of Oakhaven, he realized, was merely the beginning of his unraveling.