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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

morals; perhaps, as Timmothy had suggested, it was because she had never taken a life before and simply couldn’t

finding amusement in the situation. “If you were to kill me now, Nathael could find you a lawyer and argue for self–defense,”

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

her own powerlessness.

to pierce his heart or slit

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Timmothy leaned in closer, his voice barely a whisper in Maggie’s ear. “What if I showed you how?” he suggested.

pierced his flesh with a dull thud, the sound

sound, but startlingly clear, as

was unwilling to admit her defeat. She suddenly released her hold and

Timmothy staggered as the punch landed squarely on

pulled out the dagger and slashed viciously across his face!

face. The blood streaked down the wound, thick as undiluted

took a couple of steps forward, their dark gun barrels pointed

to face Timmothy, disregarding the mercenaries” presence. With a cold stare, she confessed,

and mysterious, a glimmer

but since he cares enough to protect you, I won’t disappoint

your actions.”

eyes exuded a fierce, unrestrained intensity, as if she had lifted all

were sincere, she had asked Nathael about the reasons for

to admit his own mistakes,

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

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

She said, “Whatever debt Nathael owes you,

His gaze turned colder as he retorted,

me,” Maggie challenged,

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eyes were enigmatic as he looked down, scrutinizing the woman before