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.

stories high, dominating the city’s skyline. It sprawled across

twenty-plus football fields, and behind the main edifice lay an

where Drake

his retirement, focusing

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

middle-aged men stood by his

deep respect as they faced

silver-haired man in his early sixties, lounged in

smile on his face. Across

savoring their tea with evident pleasure,

men waiting outside.

grown deep. It’s time

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

away? They’ve been on their

hours. They’ve had a

long wait.”

warm smile, Drake whispered, “Invite them over.

pavilion and addressed the five heavyweights

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

and keep silent

and it’ll be the

shared fear evident in their

Hudson family, Raine, the Schneider family’s

underworld, Harry, bound

his steadfast pusher

they could turn Province Town’s underworld upside down, but in Drake’s presence, they

as

meek as church mice.

“Mister Hardy.”

they approached the man who had left their world a decade

stepped forward with a respectful bow.

We

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Wilhelm beside him. Seeing

to

over at Ol’

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

with Alexander. He left no

“Alexander?”

glass of water, mulled over the name before dismissing the

wrist.

You

five men looked at each other, reluctant

the arms of his wheelchair, bit down hard, his face twisted