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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

wasn’t merely about upholding her morals; perhaps, as Timmothy had suggested, it was because she had never taken a life

me now, Nathael could find you a

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

her

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

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

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

but startlingly clear, as though it could

was unwilling to admit her defeat. She suddenly released her hold and swung a fierce punch at

guard, Timmothy staggered as the punch landed squarely on his face.

out the dagger and slashed viciously across his

down the wound, thick as undiluted ink, lending

but flinch, and the mercenaries nearby took a couple of steps forward, their dark

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 you with a trinket.”

eyes dark and mysterious, a glimmer of something dancing

don’t know why you hate Nathael so much, but since he cares enough to protect you, I won’t disappoint

your actions.”

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

were sincere, she had asked Nathael about the reasons for

afraid to admit his own mistakes,

his brother, just as he had done in their past

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

him coldly. She

as

Maggie challenged, refusing to

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Maggie is

as he looked down, scrutinizing the