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.”

a bar tonight, unwinding with some friends, and I ran into

drink, but she’s okay. If you’re not too busy, Mister Hardy,

you could come

The address

off the hotel’s location, then added with a hint of a

Alexander.

Alexander?!

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

Alex. I’ve heard your name’s been on

and I had a hunch you’d

Friends?

the lounge of the Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander mulled it over briefly before

“Sure!”

grin, “Yaser, kick back

safely.”

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

tore off toward

by, and the clock struck one in the

the lady back

grove behind Rectewald Mall, maids escorted

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

known as Ghost Sword strode from behind Alexander to Drake’s

can breathe easy. Miss

“Thanks for bringing

seat.”

his feet. He stood before the pavilion

slight arch of his brow, he said, “Mister Hardy,

‘friends’ you mentioned? Sorry, they don’t pique my

his heel and strode away,

“How dare you!”

as he shifted his stance, a subtle dance of

a heartbeat, he was before Alexander, his sword

pressed against Alexander’s

a bad piece of steel” Alexander remarked, locking eyes with his opponent, his

chance-put the sword away, or it’ll

Hm?

with intrigue. Harry,

the Ghost Sword, a man whose power was

were a mystery

all remembered the

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