His Lordship Alexander Kane

Chapter 196

Chapter 0196

Drake stared at the call from Acela, not picking up right away, lost in thought.

His bond with ‘Acela’ was tangled and tough.

Back in his heyday, he had carved out a name for himself in Woolpackton, eventually rising to the top

of the underworld’s heavyweight division. After years of spilling blood and making enemies, he had too

many scores

to settle.

His wife was murdered by his adversaries 20 years ago. He sent his only daughter overseas with a

web of fake IDs, all to keep her safe from the life she led.

In Province Town, only Ghost Sword, close as a brother, knew the truth about Acela.

It was a bitter pill to swallow, but as his daughter grew up, she came to despise everything about him.

She

saw Drake as the worst kind of criminal, and she even blamed him for her mother’s death. Then, Drake

and

Acela were practically strangers, their father-daughter bond all but broken.

“Why on earth is Acela calling me out of the blue?”

Drake cradled his phone, lost in thought for a moment before he exhaled and picked up the call.

In Ol’ Mare, just a stone’s throw from Belmont Hills, at Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander was holding Acela’s

phone, a dial tone humming in his ear. A slight smirk played on his lips as he whispered, “Is this Mister

Hardy from

Woolpackton?”

The question hit Drake like a thunderclap in the quiet of his bamboo garden. His voice turned frigid.

“You have Acela’s phone? Who are you, and what’s your connection to her?”

“We just met by chance.”

bar tonight, unwinding with some friends, and I ran

bit too much to drink, but she’s okay.

you could come

The address

hint

Alexander.

Alexander?!

gaze flicking to Harry

phone close, and spoke with a

the bravest, Alex. I’ve heard your name’s been on everyone’s

were hanging around, and I had a hunch you’d be keen to catch up

Friends?

Hotel, Alexander mulled it over

“Sure!”

“Yaser, kick back and relax here. I’ll

safely.”

+15 BONUS

he helped the still-groggy Acela out of the hotel,

tore off toward

and the

lady back to

behind Rectewald Mall, maids escorted Acela to

among the bamboo, beckoned Alexander with a soft command,

Ghost Sword

can breathe easy. Miss Acela is

bringing

seat.”

Alexander remained on his feet. He stood before the pavilion and

of the bamboo. With a slight arch of his brow, he said, “Mister

Sorry, they don’t

that, he spun on his heel and strode

“How dare you!”

air around ‘Ghost Sword’ grew tense as he shifted his stance,

his approach. In a heartbeat, he was before Alexander,

pressed against Alexander’s

bad piece of steel” Alexander remarked, locking eyes with

your one chance-put the sword away, or it’ll

Hm?

distance away, Drake’s eyes sparkled with intrigue. Harry, Tommy, Mark, Raine, and

challenging the Ghost Sword, a man whose

and whose skills were a mystery even

remembered the

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