His Lordship Alexander Kane by Useless Caesar

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.”

calmly added, “I was out at a bar tonight, unwinding with some friends, and I ran into your daughter. She’s had a bit too much to drink, but she’s okay. If you’re not too

The address

hotel’s location, then added with a hint

Alexander?!

the phone close, and spoke with a gravity that matched his

hanging around, and I had a hunch

Friends?

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

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

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

by, and the clock struck one in the

lady back

behind Rectewald Mall, maids

bench among the bamboo, beckoned Alexander with

to Drake’s side, murmuring.” Mister Hardy,

“Thanks for bringing my girl home, Alex. Come

feet. He stood before the pavilion and eyed Harry. Tommy, and the others at the fringe of the bamboo. With a slight arch of his brow,

his heel

“How dare you!”

dance of feet that belied the swiftness of his approach. In a heartbeat, he

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

Hm?

the Ghost Sword, a man whose

all remembered the

his foot poised to cross into the stage of energy transformation.

the fighters community, street fighters were seen as tough individuals, a step above the average person, but were not considered true fighters. In numerous urban fighters academies, the skills of