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.”

added, “I was out at a bar tonight,

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

you could come

The address

location, then added with a hint of a smile, “Oh, and by the way,

Alexander.

Alexander?!

flicking to Harry and the

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

I’ve heard your

I had a hunch you’d

Friends?

Hotel, Alexander mulled it over briefly before flashing a subdued

“Sure!”

with a grin, “Yaser, kick back and relax

safely.”

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

tore off toward

hours ticked by, and the clock struck one

back

the bamboo grove behind Rectewald Mall, maids escorted Acela to

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

Wilhelm, known as Ghost Sword strode from

you can breathe easy. Miss

softening. “Thanks for bringing my girl home, Alex. Come

seat.”

his feet. He stood before the pavilion and eyed Harry.

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

mentioned? Sorry, they

on his heel and strode

“How dare you!”

air around ‘Ghost Sword’ grew tense as he shifted his

In a heartbeat, he was before Alexander, his sword

steel pressed

locking

one chance-put the sword away, or it’ll be

Hm?

short distance away, Drake’s eyes sparkled with intrigue. Harry,

Alexander was actually challenging the Ghost Sword,

were a mystery even

all remembered the

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