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.”

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

much to drink, but she’s okay. If you’re

you could come

The address

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

Alexander.

Alexander?!

flicking to Harry

a

often the bravest, Alex. I’ve heard your name’s

around, and I had a hunch you’d be

Friends?

the Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander mulled it

“Sure!”

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

safely.”

+15 BONUS

helped the still-groggy Acela

and tore off

ticked by, and the clock struck one in

the lady back

behind Rectewald Mall, maids

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

Sword

breathe easy. Miss

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

seat.”

He stood before

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

mentioned? Sorry, they don’t pique

he spun on his heel and strode away,

“How dare you!”

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

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

pressed against

bad piece of steel” Alexander remarked, locking

away, or it’ll be the end of

Hm?

distance away, Drake’s eyes sparkled with

Ghost

skills were

remembered

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