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

She’s had a bit too much to drink, but she’s okay. If you’re

you could come

her. The address

a hint

Alexander.

Alexander?!

his gaze flicking to Harry and

brought the phone close, and spoke with a gravity that

bravest, Alex. I’ve heard your name’s

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

Friends?

Hotel, Alexander mulled it over briefly before flashing a

“Sure!”

and said with a grin, “Yaser, kick back

safely.”

+15 BONUS

Acela out

tore

and the clock struck

lady back to her

bamboo grove behind Rectewald Mall, maids escorted Acela

the bamboo, beckoned Alexander with

Sword strode from

Hardy, you can breathe easy.

softening. “Thanks for bringing my girl

seat.”

feet. He stood before the pavilion and

bamboo. With a slight arch of his brow,

Sorry, they don’t

on his heel and strode

“How dare you!”

shifted his stance, a subtle dance

of his approach. In a heartbeat, he was

pressed

of steel” Alexander remarked, locking eyes with his

away,

Hm?

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

Alexander was actually challenging the Ghost Sword, a man whose power was

dark ocean, and whose skills were a mystery

remembered

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