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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.

could, wouldn’t she be just like Sierra and the others?

upholding her morals; perhaps, as Timmothy had suggested, it was because she had never taken a

“If you were to kill me now, Nathael could find you a

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

despised her own powerlessness.

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 if I showed you how?”

his flesh with a dull thud, the sound echoing loudly

clear, as though it could penetrate one’s

defeat. She suddenly released her hold

staggered as the punch landed squarely on his face. He was momentarily stunned.

pulled out the dagger and slashed viciously across his face!

down the wound, thick as undiluted ink, lending

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

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 that

eyes dark and mysterious, a glimmer

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

your actions.”

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

asked Nathael about the reasons for Timmothy’s resentment, but he had remained tight–lipped.

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

had done

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

him coldly. She said, “Whatever debt

as he retorted, “Do you really

Maggie challenged, refusing to back down.

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eyes were enigmatic as he looked down, scrutinizing the