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.”

was out at a bar tonight,

bit too much to drink, but she’s okay. If you’re not too busy, Mister

you could come

The address

then added with a hint of

Alexander.

Alexander?!

second, his gaze flicking to Harry and the others nearby. He scrunched

and spoke with a gravity that matched his words, “They say

heard your name’s been on everyone’s

I had a hunch you’d be keen to catch

Friends?

Hotel, Alexander mulled it over briefly before

“Sure!”

grin, “Yaser, kick back and relax here. I’ll get Miss Hardy

safely.”

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Yaser behind, he helped the still-groggy Acela out

and tore off

ticked by, and the clock struck one in the

lady back to

Rectewald Mall, maids escorted

stone bench among the bamboo, beckoned Alexander with a soft

known as Ghost Sword strode

Hardy, you can breathe easy. Miss

his eyes softening. “Thanks for bringing my girl

seat.”

feet. He stood before the pavilion and eyed

at the fringe of the bamboo. With a slight arch of his brow,

‘friends’ you mentioned? Sorry, they don’t

he spun on his heel and

“How dare you!”

tense as he shifted his stance,

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

pressed against

Alexander remarked, locking eyes with his opponent,

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

Hm?

away, Drake’s eyes sparkled with intrigue. Harry, Tommy,

Ghost Sword, a man whose

whose skills were a mystery even to the underworld

remembered

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