CH360 Drake Returns
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"Why are you here?" Alex asked, his surprise evident as he took in the familiar, imposing figure before him.
"What? Shouldn't a son be happy that his busy father found time to visit him?" the man replied dryly.
It was none other than Earl Drake Fury.
The Earl strode into the house without waiting for an invitation, his presence commanding the space as naturally as if it were his own.
Alex shut the door and quickly followed behind.
"Of course, I'm happy to see you, Father," Alex said. "I just wasn't expecting it. I thought you'd still be busy with the war in the Marblebrook Plane. You've only been gone a couple of months or so."
"A couple of months here," Drake corrected, "is more than half a year in Marblebrook. Do you think a mere war in a lesser plane could tie me down for that long?"
He sat in the single-seater sofa in the living room and glanced around. His brow creased.
