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.”

added, “I was out at a bar tonight,

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

you could come

The address

hint of a smile, “Oh,

Alexander.

Alexander?!

his gaze flicking to Harry and the others nearby. He

a

bravest, Alex. I’ve heard your name’s

had a hunch you’d be

Friends?

Alexander mulled it over briefly

“Sure!”

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

safely.”

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

tore

by, and the clock struck

the lady back

Mall, maids

a stone bench among the bamboo, beckoned Alexander

known as Ghost Sword strode from behind

you can breathe

relaxed, his eyes softening. “Thanks for bringing my

seat.”

on his feet. He stood before the pavilion

With a slight arch of his brow, he said, “Mister Hardy, are

Sorry, they don’t

that, he spun on his heel and strode away,

“How dare you!”

he shifted his stance, a subtle dance of feet that

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

steel pressed against

steel” Alexander remarked, locking

one chance-put the sword away,

Hm?

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

challenging the Ghost Sword, a

ocean, and whose skills were

all remembered the

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