His Lordship Alexander Kane

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!]

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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.

high, dominating the city’s

the size of twenty-plus football fields, and behind

where Drake

his retirement, focusing

the manor’s garden, beneath a pavillon shaded by verdant foliage, a man in a sharp

Three middle-aged men stood by his side,

as

Province Town, a silver-haired man

smile on his face. Across from

both savoring their tea

men waiting outside.

grown deep. It’s

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slipped by until the slender elder, Wilhelm tidled the tea set and-with a gentle

I send them away? They’ve

hours. They’ve had a

long wait.”

a warm smile, Drake whispered, “Invite them over. I’m curious to hear what

the pavilion and addressed the five

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

and keep silent

Cross Mister Hardy, and it’ll be

locked eyes, a shared fear evident in their

head of the Hudson family, Raine, the Schneider family’s

Woolpackton’s underworld,

his steadfast pusher

they could turn Province Town’s underworld upside down,

as

meek as church mice.

“Mister Hardy.”

approached the man who had

the de facto leader, stepped forward with a respectful bow. “Boss,

years. We wouldn’t normally intrude,

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Wilhelm beside him. Seeing no

to

“Lately, over at Ol’

laid out the whole saga. The shake-up of Ol’ Mare’s shadowy ranks, New Chesire

their rough dealings with Alexander. He left no stone

“Alexander?”

of water, mulled over the name before dismissing the matter with a flick of

wrist.

it. You

looked at

down hard, his face twisted with