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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.

wouldn’t she be just like

she had never taken a life before and simply couldn’t bring

to kill me now, Nathael could

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

despised her own

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 on his

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his voice barely a whisper in Maggie’s

The dagger pierced his flesh

sound, but startlingly clear,

her defeat. She suddenly released her hold and swung a fierce punch at Timmothy’s face.

landed squarely on his face. He was momentarily stunned.

swiftly pulled out the dagger and slashed

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

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

trickled down 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

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

steady as 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

your actions.”

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

the reasons for

wasn’t afraid to admit his own mistakes, but he didn’t want to expose Timmothy’s

a way, he was shielding his brother, just as he had done in their past lives, avoiding confrontation

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

She said, “Whatever debt Nathael

colder as he retorted, “Do you really think you

challenged, refusing to

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