Chapter 0195

After exiting the bar, Alexander zipped away in his Porsche. Within minutes, they were checking into

the sleek Lifestyle Hotel.

“Brother-in-law,” Yaser said, steadying the young woman. He fished a phone from her purse, unlocked

it with her fingerprint, and scrolled through the contacts before handing it over with a rueful grin. “Check

this out.”

Alexander eyed the phone screen, his expression flickering with surprise.

The contacts were a roll call of whimsical monikers-Pikatchoo. Ultroman, Fairy… They looked like

buddies.

from a chat room, not a single traditional name in sight.

“Kids these days, huh?”

Alexander shook his head with a smile, pulled out his phone from his pocket, took a frontal photo of the

girl,

and edited a multimedia message before sending it off.

[To: Maxine Griffith]

The message was brief and to the point. [Find out who this person is, get her family’s contact info, and

do it

now!]

In just under three minutes, Alexander’s phone buzzed with a response from Maxine, the Duke of War.

[Her name is Acela Hardy, 22 years old. Her dad’s Drake Hardy, also known as Mister Hardy. Used to

run things in Woolpackton’s shadows. His personal cell is…]

“She’s Mister Hardy’s daughter?”

Alexander eyed the text, then looked over at the young woman still groggy from her night out. After a

moment’s thought, he dialed the number Maxine dug up, using Acela’s phone to reach out to Drake.

At the Tormora Festival, right in the bustling heart of Woolpackton, stood the Rectewald Mall-the

biggest entertainment complex around.

dominating the city’s skyline. It

twenty-plus football fields, and behind the main edifice

where Drake

focusing

verdant foliage,

Three middle-aged men stood by his

of deep respect as they faced the elderly

Town, a silver-haired man

shaded pavilion, a serene smile on his face. Across from him, a thin elder in a

their tea

men waiting outside.

has grown deep.

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by until the slender elder, Wilhelm tidled the tea

them away? They’ve been on

hours. They’ve had a

long wait.”

whispered, “Invite them over. I’m

the pavilion and addressed the

a dismissive grunt. “Mister Hardy will see you now.

and keep silent

Cross Mister Hardy, and it’ll be the last

eyes, a shared

were Mark, head of the Hudson family,

underworld,

his steadfast pusher

turn Province Town’s underworld upside down,

as

meek as church mice.

“Mister Hardy.”

approached the man who had left their world a

a

We

paused for a moment, stealing a glance at Wilhelm

to

saga. The shake-up of Ol’ Mare’s shadowy ranks, New Chesire Group’s rise

dealings with Alexander. He left no

“Alexander?”

water, mulled over the name

wrist.

You

looked at each other,

down hard, his face twisted with bitterness.

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