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.”

out at a bar tonight, unwinding with some friends, and

drink, but she’s okay.

you could come

The

a hint of a smile, “Oh, and by

Alexander.

Alexander?!

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

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

heard your

hanging around, and I had a hunch

Friends?

the lounge of the Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander mulled it over

“Sure!”

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

safely.”

+15 BONUS

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

tore off

and the clock struck one in

back to

Mall, maids escorted Acela to her

a stone bench among the bamboo, beckoned Alexander with a soft command,

known as Ghost Sword strode from behind

Hardy, you can breathe easy. Miss Acela

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

seat.”

stood before the pavilion and

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

mentioned? Sorry, they don’t

spun on his heel and

“How dare you!”

tense as he shifted his stance, a subtle dance of

a heartbeat, he was before Alexander, his

pressed

steel” Alexander remarked, locking eyes with his opponent, his

Here’s your one chance-put the sword away, or

Hm?

eyes sparkled with intrigue. Harry, Tommy, Mark, Raine, and the

Ghost Sword, a man whose power

and whose skills were a mystery

all remembered

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