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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

morals; perhaps, as Timmothy had suggested, it was because she had

me now, Nathael could find you

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

her

couldn’t bring herself to pierce his heart or slit his throat, especially not when he spoke so calmly, with a smile on

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

dagger pierced his flesh with a dull thud, the sound echoing

clear, as

unwilling to admit her defeat. She suddenly released her hold and swung

landed squarely on his

pulled out the dagger and slashed viciously across

blood streaked down the wound, thick as undiluted ink, lending an eerie air

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

With a cold stare, she confessed, I couldn’t bring myself to kill you,

dark and mysterious, a glimmer of something

he cares enough to protect you,

your actions.”

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

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

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

had done in

his face. “You know nothing. Don’t act self–righteous on

coldly. She said, “Whatever debt Nathael

colder as he retorted, “Do you really think you can afford

me,” Maggie challenged, refusing to

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scrutinizing the woman before him with a