The stranger from nowhere

Previously

…He felt the raw power thrumming within him, a dangerous, unpredictable force. He was no longer just a lost soul seeking answers; he was a weapon, a variable, a threat. And the Directorate, he knew, would stop at nothing to control him. With a final, defiant glance at Thorne, Elias turned and plunged into the opposite side of the woods, the agents scrambling to regroup behind him. The hunt was on, and Oakhaven, the quiet town that had offered him a fragile refuge, was now a stage for a conflict it had never imagined. The stranger from nowhere was no longer just seeking answers; he was running for his life.