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,

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

you could come

The

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

Alexander.

Alexander?!

second, his gaze flicking to Harry and the

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

heard your name’s

had a hunch you’d be keen to

Friends?

the lounge of the Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander mulled it

“Sure!”

“Yaser, kick back

safely.”

+15 BONUS

still-groggy Acela

tore off

by, and the clock

back to her

Rectewald Mall, maids escorted

seated on a stone bench among the bamboo, beckoned Alexander with

Ghost Sword strode from behind Alexander to Drake’s

breathe easy.

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

seat.”

feet. He stood before the pavilion and eyed Harry.

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

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

that, he spun on his heel and strode away, not bothering

“How dare you!”

tense as he shifted his

heartbeat, he was before Alexander, his

pressed

steel” Alexander remarked, locking eyes with his opponent, his face betraying

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

Hm?

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

actually challenging the Ghost Sword, a man whose power was

whose skills were

all remembered the

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