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 into

to drink, but she’s okay.

you could come

The address

hotel’s location, then added with a hint of

Alexander.

Alexander?!

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

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

the bravest, Alex. I’ve heard your

around, and I had a hunch you’d be keen

Friends?

of the Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander mulled it over briefly before

“Sure!”

at Yaser and said with a grin, “Yaser, kick back and relax here. I’ll get

safely.”

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

tore

ticked by, and the clock struck

lady back

Rectewald Mall,

stone bench among the bamboo, beckoned Alexander with a

Ghost Sword strode

Mister Hardy, you can breathe easy. Miss

his eyes softening. “Thanks for bringing my

seat.”

remained on his feet. He stood before the

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

you mentioned? Sorry, they don’t pique my

heel and strode away, not bothering with

“How dare you!”

tense as he shifted his stance, a subtle dance of

heartbeat, he was before Alexander, his

steel pressed against Alexander’s

remarked, locking eyes with his

sword away, or it’ll be the end

Hm?

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

was actually challenging the Ghost Sword, a

whose skills were a mystery even to the

remembered the

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