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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.

be just

had suggested, it was because she had never taken a life before and simply couldn’t bring herself to do

were to kill me now,

to press the blade down, while she remained unable to push

despised her own

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

intensified. The dagger pierced his flesh with a dull thud, the sound echoing loudly in the silent woods.

sound, but startlingly clear, as though it could penetrate

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

Timmothy staggered as the punch landed squarely on his face.

the dagger and slashed viciously across

on Timmothy’s face. The blood streaked down the wound, thick as undiluted ink, lending an eerie air to his

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

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

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

so much, but since he cares enough to protect you, I

your actions.”

exuded a fierce, unrestrained

had asked Nathael about the

his own mistakes, but he didn’t want

he had done in their past lives, avoiding confrontation for a

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

she observed him coldly. She said, “Whatever debt Nathael owes you, I’ll repay

amusing. His gaze turned colder as

challenged, refusing

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scrutinizing the woman before him with a sinister look.