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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.

just like Sierra and the

she had never taken a

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

locked in a stalemate. He continued to press the blade down, while she remained

despised her own

Maggie had to acknowledge that she couldn’t go 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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in closer, his voice barely a whisper in Maggie’s ear.

pierced his flesh with a dull thud, the sound

sound, but startlingly clear, as though it

released her hold and swung

staggered as the punch landed

moment, Maggie swiftly pulled out the dagger and slashed viciously across his face!

streaked down the wound, thick as undiluted ink, lending an eerie air

the mercenaries nearby took a couple of steps forward, their dark gun barrels pointed directly at

Maggie’s forehead as she turned to face Timmothy, disregarding the mercenaries” presence. With a cold stare, she confessed, I couldn’t bring myself to kill you, but that doesn’t mean 1 won’t leave

raised his head, his eyes dark and mysterious, a glimmer of something dancing within them.

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

your actions.”

her eyes exuded a

about the reasons for

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

shielding his brother, just as he had done in their past lives, avoiding confrontation for

across his face. “You know nothing. Don’t act self–righteous

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

to find this amusing. His gaze turned colder as

challenged, refusing to

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down, scrutinizing the