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.”

calmly added, “I was out at a bar tonight, unwinding with some friends, and I ran into

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

you could come

her. The address

rattled off the hotel’s location, then added with a hint of a smile, “Oh, and by the

Alexander.

Alexander?!

gaze flicking to Harry and the

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

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

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

Friends?

lounge of the Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander mulled it

“Sure!”

“Yaser, kick back and

safely.”

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behind, he helped the still-groggy Acela out of the hotel, hopped into his

and tore off

by, and the

the lady back to

bamboo grove behind Rectewald Mall, maids escorted Acela to her

a stone bench among the bamboo, beckoned Alexander

spoke, Wilhelm, known as Ghost Sword strode from

you can breathe

relaxed, his eyes softening. “Thanks for bringing my girl home, Alex. Come on,

seat.”

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

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

Sorry, they

his heel and

“How dare you!”

around ‘Ghost Sword’ grew tense as he shifted his stance, a subtle dance of feet that

In a heartbeat, he was before Alexander, his sword gleaming

pressed

of steel” Alexander remarked, locking eyes with his opponent, his face betraying

sword away, or

Hm?

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

Ghost Sword, a man

whose skills were

all remembered

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