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.”

“I was out at a bar tonight, unwinding with some friends, and I ran into your daughter. She’s had a bit

The address

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

Alexander?!

others nearby. He scrunched his brow. brought the phone close, and spoke with a gravity

had a hunch you’d be keen to catch

Friends?

Lifestyle Hotel, Alexander mulled it over briefly

at Yaser and said with a grin, “Yaser, kick back and relax here. I’ll get Miss Hardy home

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the still-groggy Acela out of the hotel, hopped into his cherry-red Porsche. and tore

and the clock

the lady back to

bamboo grove behind Rectewald Mall, maids

seated on a stone bench among the bamboo,

he spoke, Wilhelm, known as Ghost Sword strode from behind Alexander to Drake’s side, murmuring.” Mister

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

Tommy, and the others at the fringe of the bamboo. With a slight arch of his

on his heel and strode away, not

“How dare you!”

that belied the swiftness of his approach. In a heartbeat, he was before Alexander, his sword

a bad piece of steel” Alexander remarked, locking eyes with his opponent, his face betraying no fear.” Here’s your one

Hm?

eyes sparkled with intrigue. Harry, Tommy, Mark, Raine, and the others watched excitedly. Alexander was actually challenging the Ghost Sword, a man whose power was a deep, dark ocean, and whose skills were a mystery even to the underworld

all remembered the

foot poised to cross into the stage of energy transformation. Who could doubt that by then, he had not achieved

tough individuals, a step above the average person, but were not considered true fighters.