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.”

“I was out at a bar tonight, unwinding with some friends,

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

you could come

The

rattled off the hotel’s location, then added with a hint

Alexander.

Alexander?!

paused for a split second, his gaze flicking to Harry and the others nearby. He

phone close, and spoke with a gravity that matched

heard your name’s been

were hanging around, and I had a hunch you’d

Friends?

mulled it over briefly before flashing a

“Sure!”

and said with a grin, “Yaser, kick

safely.”

+15 BONUS

still-groggy Acela out of

tore off

the clock struck one in

the lady back

behind Rectewald Mall, maids

seated on a stone bench among the bamboo, beckoned Alexander with a

Sword strode from

can breathe easy. Miss

softening. “Thanks for bringing my

seat.”

his feet. He stood before the pavilion and eyed Harry.

others at the fringe of the bamboo. With a slight arch

Sorry, they

on his heel and strode away, not bothering

“How dare you!”

‘Ghost Sword’ grew tense as he shifted

he was before Alexander, his sword gleaming

pressed

a bad piece of steel” Alexander remarked, locking eyes with

sword away,

Hm?

eyes sparkled with intrigue. Harry, Tommy, Mark,

actually challenging the Ghost

were a mystery even

all remembered

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