Chapter 286 Maggie is Ruthless

Timmothy turned around. He placed the dagger in her hand and pointed it at his own heart.

Maggie blinked her eyes in disbelief as she looked at him.

He smiled and gazed at him with clear eyes. Timmothy applied more pressure to her hand, urging the dagger closer to his chest.

Maggie’s eyes welled up with tears. She couldn’t help but wonder if lunacy ran into their family.

Both Nathael and Timmothy seemed to share similar traits.

Timmothy towered over her, his presence casting a shadow on Maggie. Despite his imposing stature, he smiled at her with difficulty. “Go ahead, kill me. I can assure you they’ll release you once I’m gone,” he said.

His tone was light and eerily persuasive, drawing her towards the abyss.

Maggie felt a lump form in her throat, and a thin layer of sweat formed on her brow.

Kill him?

It crossed her mind that eliminating him could alleviate many of Nathael’s future troubles.

However, did she have the right to decide his fate without knowing the extent of Timmothy’s actions. against Nathael?

“Have you ever taken a life?”

He noticed her action. Timmothy chuckled and guided her hand, urging the dagger deeper into his flesh.

A dark red stain spread, creeping up his black shirt like a morbid flower blooming,

Maggie’s hand trembled as she gripped the dagger tightly, but she found herself unable to follow through.

In that moment, Maggie realized she had lost the battle.

She simply couldn’t bring herself to do it.

she could, wouldn’t she be just like Sierra and

about upholding her morals; perhaps, as Timmothy had suggested, it was because she had

you were to kill me now, Nathael could find you a lawyer and argue for self–defense,”

press the blade down, while she remained unable

her own

acknowledge that she couldn’t go through with it. She couldn’t bring herself to pierce his heart or slit his throat, especially not

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in closer, his voice barely a whisper in Maggie’s ear. “What

pressure on his hand intensified. The dagger pierced his flesh with a dull thud, the sound echoing loudly

was a faint sound, but startlingly clear, as though it could

her defeat. She suddenly released her hold and swung a fierce punch

off guard, Timmothy staggered as the punch landed squarely on

the

streaked down the

and the mercenaries nearby took a couple of steps

to face Timmothy, disregarding the mercenaries” presence. With a cold stare, she confessed, I couldn’t bring myself

slowly raised his head, his eyes dark and mysterious, a glimmer of

continued, “I don’t know why you hate Nathael so much, but since he cares enough to protect you, I won’t disappoint him. We all have our

your actions.”

unreadable expression. Now, her eyes exuded a fierce, unrestrained intensity, as if she

words were sincere, she had asked Nathael about the reasons for Timmothy’s resentment, but he had

wasn’t afraid to admit his own mistakes, but he didn’t want to expose Timmothy’s faults.

as he had done in their past

laugh, a hint of madness flickering across his face. “You know nothing. Don’t act self–righteous on behalf of others!”

coldly. She said, “Whatever debt Nathael owes you, I’ll

gaze turned colder as he retorted, “Do you really think you can

challenged, refusing

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enigmatic as he looked down, scrutinizing the woman before him with a

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