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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

as Timmothy had suggested, it was because she had never taken a life before and

now, Nathael could find you a lawyer and argue for self–defense,”

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

her

down, Maggie had 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

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his voice barely a whisper in Maggie’s ear. “What if I showed you how?” he suggested.

next instant, the pressure on his hand intensified. The dagger pierced his flesh with a dull thud, the sound echoing loudly in

was a faint sound, but startlingly clear, as though it could penetrate one’s eardrums.

admit her defeat. She suddenly released her hold and

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

Maggie swiftly pulled out the dagger and

the wound, thick as undiluted ink, lending

the mercenaries nearby took a couple of

cold stare, she confessed, I couldn’t bring myself to kill you, but that doesn’t mean 1 won’t leave you with

and mysterious, a glimmer of

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

your actions.”

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

Nathael about the reasons for Timmothy’s resentment, but he had

silence–he wasn’t afraid to admit his own mistakes,

way, he was shielding his brother, just as he had

laugh, a hint of madness flickering across his face. “You know nothing.

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

as he retorted, “Do you really

Maggie challenged, refusing to back down.

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enigmatic as he looked down, scrutinizing the