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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 others?

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

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

despised her own

couldn’t go through with it. She couldn’t bring herself to pierce his heart or slit his throat, especially not when he spoke

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voice barely a whisper in Maggie’s ear. “What if I showed you

pierced his flesh

clear, as though it could penetrate

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

punch landed squarely

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

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

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

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

dark and

know why you hate Nathael so much, but since he cares enough to protect you, I

your actions.”

a fierce, unrestrained intensity,

the reasons for

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

had done in their past lives, avoiding confrontation for a long time.

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

lips tightened as she observed him coldly. She said, “Whatever

gaze turned colder as he retorted, “Do you

challenged, refusing to back

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as he looked down, scrutinizing the woman before