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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

had suggested, it was because she had never taken a

smiled, finding amusement in the situation. “If you were to kill me now, Nathael could

press the blade down, while she remained unable

despised her own powerlessness.

through with it. She couldn’t bring herself to pierce his heart or slit his throat, especially not when he spoke so calmly, with a smile

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Timmothy leaned in closer, his voice barely a whisper in Maggie’s ear. “What if I

instant, the pressure on his hand intensified. The dagger pierced his

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

defeat. She suddenly released her hold and swung a

landed squarely on his face. He was momentarily

swiftly pulled out the dagger

the wound, thick as undiluted ink, lending an eerie

took a couple of steps forward,

mercenaries” presence. With a cold stare, she confessed, I couldn’t bring myself to kill you,

his eyes dark and mysterious, a glimmer of something dancing

she 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 struggles, but that doesn’t justify

your actions.”

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

about the reasons for Timmothy’s resentment, but

silence–he wasn’t afraid to admit his own mistakes, but he

had done in their past lives,

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

observed him coldly. She said, “Whatever debt Nathael owes

amusing. His gaze turned colder as he retorted, “Do you really think you

tell me,” Maggie challenged, refusing

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